Savvy Fort Wayne area homeowners who use heat pumps for energy-efficient heating can also enjoy efficient cooling and dehumidification for their homes during the cooling months. If you're in the market for a new air conditioning system, consider the benefits of an air-source heat pump as an all-in-one cooling and heating solution.
Benefits of an air-source heat pump
An air-source heat pump is one of the most efficient cooling and heating systems you can install in your home. Heat pumps use the same refrigeration principles as an air conditioner, pumping refrigerant between two heat exchangers to transfer the heat that is inside your home to the air outside your home for efficient cooling. These are some of the benefits for using heat pumps for cooling:
- Heat pumps provide dehumidification during the cooling months, removing excess moisture, which improves home comfort, lowers cooling bills, and hinders the spread of mold and mildew.
- A heat pump utilizes the duct system in your home for even cooling (and heating) throughout your home, as opposed to window or wall A/C units.
- New heat pumps utilize ozone-friendly refrigerant.
- Optional variable-speed air handlers and two-stage compressors deliver quieter operation, better energy efficiency and greater comfort.
How an air-source heat pump works
Like an air conditioner, heat pumps use refrigerant for cooling. The indoor coil (evaporator), which may be attached to your furnace in a dual-fuel system or as a separate air-handling unit, uses cold refrigerant to absorb the heat from warm household airflow in the ducts. The coil also condenses the moisture in the air, which collects on the coil and drains away.
The refrigerant is pumped from the evaporator to the compressor where it's prepared to release the heat outside your home from the condenser coil. Once the refrigerant releases the heat at the condenser coil with the aid of another blower, the refrigerant flows back to the evaporator to repeat the cooling and dehumidification processes.
An air-source heat pump makes a lot of sense for Fort Wayne area homeowners. Please contact us at Hartman Brothers Heating & Air Conditioning for more information, or to schedule a home evaluation for sizing your new heat pump.
Our goal is to help educate our customers in New Haven, Indiana and surrounding Fort Wayne area about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about air source heat pumps and other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.
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