How Heat Pumps Can Help Cities Lower Carbon Emissions

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Landlords are switching from gas furnaces to heat pumps to reduce their carbon footprint.
Heat pumps are a key solution to help reduce carbon emissions. Instead of creating heat, they move heat from one place to another and have a much lower carbon footprint. But can we make them accessible to all?
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  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher7790 Жыл бұрын

    In other countries these are called "Reverse cycle air conditioners"

  • @Keepskatin

    @Keepskatin

    Жыл бұрын

    Reverse cycle Climate.

  • @olivemd
    @olivemd Жыл бұрын

    Best thing we ever added to our house.

  • @kmagnussen1052
    @kmagnussen1052 Жыл бұрын

    Texas will not embrace this because it is the state of gas and oil. No government incentives here. Some cities have created some cost savings but the legislature is in the pocket of big oil and gas.

  • @mak4374
    @mak4374 Жыл бұрын

    What kills this, is the cost of installation. I summer in Greece where the cost of the unit/materials is the same as here, but here JUST for "charging" the unit - after I install it, both the unit on the wall, and the electrical - it costs close to $1 K. In Greece, ALL the installation is $150.00. So, to install four units for the whole house (One in each room), there would cost as much as just one room here. So, right now, I am learning how to do my own "charging" installation. But most people can't do that...here in the U.S.....

  • @arthurmurfitt7698

    @arthurmurfitt7698

    Жыл бұрын

    Our government could give rebates…

  • @jeffperegrina4183

    @jeffperegrina4183

    10 ай бұрын

    Entire installs for $150?😅

  • @mak4374

    @mak4374

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jeffperegrina4183, yes, not kidding. I am putting another air condition next week in one of my bedrooms - I am here in Greece for the summer. The unit is a 12K BTU, costs me 400 Euros, plus the installation which is 120 Euros.

  • @superspecialty5169
    @superspecialty516911 ай бұрын

    So, now we have to worry about refrigerate? 🤔🙄

  • @aquaillusiongirl
    @aquaillusiongirl Жыл бұрын

    This is why we should have a public bank for NYC & NYS, so we could use our public dollars to do these projects rather than using Wall street firms like Goldman Sachs!

  • @dertythegrower

    @dertythegrower

    Ай бұрын

    credit union... they already exist and also have fdic safety insurance for 250,000 also...

  • @sufthegoat
    @sufthegoat Жыл бұрын

    Good work

  • @qui-gonjinn8001
    @qui-gonjinn800111 ай бұрын

    nice. i'm getting 30k BTUs of Mitsubishi hyper heats installed in my house tomorrow.

  • @JaimieJo
    @JaimieJo Жыл бұрын

    This winter we were below zero Fahrenheit most every night. We went through 4 months below 32⁰ Fahrenheit. Do these heat pumps work when it's that cold?

  • @joonzville

    @joonzville

    Жыл бұрын

    -40° F is what they said was the low temp at which the refrigerant no longer works. That’s *72* *degrees* BELOW freezing and *40* *degrees* BELOW 0° Fahrenheit. Unless you live in Siberia or Antarctica it probably wouldn’t be a problem.

  • @thetruthaboutit120

    @thetruthaboutit120

    Жыл бұрын

    No, remember propaganda builds profits truth would not. Shame on PBS for not showing the entire truth.

  • @theloniousm4337

    @theloniousm4337

    Жыл бұрын

    Jaimie - you can talk to a local HVAC contractor but it is highly unlikely you can get by with a heat pump without supplemental heat. Technically heat pumps "work" at temps above -40f but the reality is the amount of heat produced at those temps is inadequate to heat a house. You would have to drastically oversize the heat pump or add supplemental heat. I looked into this for a rental condo I have. There is a huge cost saving if you just use a heat pump and no supplemental heat which is probably what the slum lord and the blocpower hustler in Detroit in this video are counting on. However if you have a cold winter you just might need to use the oven to keep yourself from freezing just like back in the day. The landlord and blocpower are going to be in a pile of trouble if one of their elderly tenants freezes to death.

  • @mboiko

    @mboiko

    11 ай бұрын

    I live in New Hampshire....do they "work" at low temps yes...but below 10F you'll be surprised how little heat you will get from your average sized heat pump. The real problem is a homes heat loss. You really need to insulate a home if your going to run a heat pump in cold climates. Or have a supplemental heat source.

  • @larry-wells

    @larry-wells

    3 ай бұрын

    I live in Northern New Brunswick 🇨🇦 we get -24C, but one secret to heat pumps is location in your house, but summer months works as an air conditioner. I also have a wood/electric force air furnace but mainly run the heat pump. I like the heat pumps.

  • @i_am_a_freespirit
    @i_am_a_freespirit Жыл бұрын

    Wow... interesting...

  • @leonalk9255
    @leonalk92553 ай бұрын

    Still need outside electricity to run.

  • @user-so5zp8xs6w
    @user-so5zp8xs6w4 ай бұрын

    Тепловой насос эффективен только в межсезонье, в зонах с холодным климатом и низкой температурой зимой у него низкий КПД, и никто не учитывает постоянные утечки хладагентов а также высокую стоимость установки, эксплуатации и утилизации, большой вред производства такого оборудования и фреонов, так же нужна электроэнергия. Вывод: нужно придумать что то ещё или просто жить в теплом климате и не строить огромные мегаполисы в холодном климате..

  • @ardiffley-zipkin9539
    @ardiffley-zipkin953910 ай бұрын

    We need fuel, gas or oil to run the electric grid which is overloaded now. Bad idea to add more stress with EVs and Heat pumps.

  • @therakshasan8547
    @therakshasan8547 Жыл бұрын

    Heat Pumps run on electricity. Where do you get the electricity ? Coal power plants ? Oil Power plants ? Now if there were wind & solar power generators on the roofs .

  • @Maverickgouda

    @Maverickgouda

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes. It goes together. Efficient efforts that lower energy demands, and heating/cooling which uses the most of our buildings’ electricity. Also switch to renewables, although it is already progress to lower energy demand and that can give our grids some ease

  • @MacNCheese69

    @MacNCheese69

    11 ай бұрын

    How come we don’t just shovel coal into a fire pit anymore to run things? Oh, it’s about efficiency.

  • @mboiko

    @mboiko

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Maverickgouda Heat pumps run on electrictity and where do we here in New England get the majority of our electric from, burning NG, and where do we get most of our NG from...Putin's Russia. Last year Eversource here in NH raised our rate by 112%...plus they don't work too well at -20F with a -30F wind chill. Up here it's much better to better insulate your home.

  • @dertythegrower

    @dertythegrower

    Ай бұрын

    so build more solar.. seems obvious with how cheap and getting better yearly

  • @adammuncy8475

    @adammuncy8475

    10 күн бұрын

    @@dertythegrower Solar and wind make you more reliant on gas, oil, coal and nuclear to be there instantaneously when they go down. That's the problem, intermittancy.

  • @user-dc1dr9kr8x
    @user-dc1dr9kr8x Жыл бұрын

    Think of the rackets....gas theives....repair/protection rackets....over taxing/regulating/pro-gas legislation

  • @mastercylinder1939
    @mastercylinder19392 ай бұрын

    Heat pumps are powered by electricity, what happens when there’s a were cut in winter?

  • @mboiko
    @mboiko11 ай бұрын

    This is NOT a one size fit's all problem... Heat pumps run on electrictity and where do we here in New England get the majority of our electric from, burning NG, and where do we get most of our NG from...Putin's Russia. Last year Eversource here in NH raised our rate by 112%...plus heat pumps don't work too well at -20F with a -30F wind chill. Up here it's much better to better insulate your home. Heat pumps might be great...depending on your situation and your location.

  • @mascadadelpantion8018
    @mascadadelpantion8018 Жыл бұрын

    I hate all banks

  • @BustedWalletGarage
    @BustedWalletGarage Жыл бұрын

    Heat pumps start petering out at 32 F , at -40 you’d freeze to death.

  • @joonzville

    @joonzville

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m no expert, but from what I’ve read there are cold climate heat pumps (as opposed to what’s called "air source’ heat pumps) , which is what the description of those in the video sound like, that work at much colder temperatures. They’re popular and used in Norway, for example.

  • @thetruthaboutit120

    @thetruthaboutit120

    Жыл бұрын

    Heat pumps should be illegal in northern states. They can't keep up they run continuously and whoever says this is a good option is a liar

  • @theloniousm4337

    @theloniousm4337

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joonzville You're talking about ground source heat pumps and they require pipes buried in the ground and are expensive af for a retrofit. This video is very dishonest in regard to how low a temp an air source heat pump will work. They will work to -40 but the heat produced is so small you would have to drastically oversize them or add supplemental electric heat which is expensive if you don't have a solar array and battery setup (which is expensive again). I do feel sorry for the tenants of these slumlord hustlers in Detroit - someone is going to freeze to death.

  • @willclayton9909
    @willclayton99093 ай бұрын

    BS its just a ac runing in revers its STILL useing eletricty to run

  • @RealMTBAddict
    @RealMTBAddict Жыл бұрын

    Pump it to where? Lol

  • @rickyal9810

    @rickyal9810

    Жыл бұрын

    It just moves heat from the outside air to the inside air, or a reverse air conditioner to put it simply. No overall loss or gain of heat, it's just moving it.

  • @Phoenix_Enterprises
    @Phoenix_Enterprises Жыл бұрын

    R'ofl...nope not after the last year. I've reduced my elec bill by 70% and have no heat no a/c. Welcome to "green USA". I'm having my heat pump pulled and never again. Heat winter is @58f to keep mom, plants, fish alive...summer...all insulation and solar fans. Summer is 78f and deal with it. Thanks...my mom of 79 really appreciates the summers and the winters. No taxes no fuel. You that want to touch the fireplace...my cold dead hands...God bless

  • @dertythegrower

    @dertythegrower

    Ай бұрын

    58F? for plants.. ha, nope. What are you even typing.. 🙈

  • @didaresti9880
    @didaresti988011 ай бұрын

    Prophethood will remain amongst you for as long as Allah wishes. Then Allah will remove it whenever He wishes to remove it, and there will be a caliphate upon the prophetic methodology. Muhammad Qasim is Mahdi

  • @Keepskatin
    @Keepskatin Жыл бұрын

    IT helps, but transportation, manufacturing and military weapons cause the vast majority of pollution.

  • @joonzville

    @joonzville

    Жыл бұрын

    13% of CO2 emissions in the US are from residential/commercial buildings, primarily for heating, cooling and lighting. This is the 4th largest contributor. If you add the percentage for generating the electricity used by these buildings (and all electricity production accounts for 25% of CO2), then the share for residential/commercial goes up considerably. Transportation is around 28% and industry is around 23% (and if electricity generation is added to industry, its share goes up a lot, too). We need to reduce ALL sources of CO2 if we want keep this planet half-way livable for ourselves and our children. We’re already too late to prevent some of the disaster that’s barreling down the tracks at us.

  • @Keepskatin

    @Keepskatin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joonzville Are you agreeing or disagreeing with me, seems like both

  • @joonzville

    @joonzville

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Keepskatin Clarifying, mostly, and pointing out the knock on effect of reducing electricity production’s 25% by improving different buildings’ 13%. BTW, where did you get the stat that military weapons are such a large contributor? The only thing I found said that all of the DOD is responsible for around 1% of emissions and if you added in the manufacturing of their ‘tools’ in the civilian sector, it brought it up to 2%.

  • @Keepskatin

    @Keepskatin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joonzville Nuclear testing

  • @joonzville

    @joonzville

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Keepskatin What nuclear testing? I thought the last done was in the 90s.

  • @joshuaphillips755
    @joshuaphillips755 Жыл бұрын

    Gross. Landlords being treated like some sort of community service - they're leeches.

  • @RealMTBAddict

    @RealMTBAddict

    Жыл бұрын

    Thieves

  • @theloniousm4337

    @theloniousm4337

    Жыл бұрын

    The heat pumps they are installing won't be adequate to protect from freezing in Detroit winters. someone is going to freeze to death or burn the building down running an oven for heat.

  • @sheet-son
    @sheet-son11 ай бұрын

    THE ONLY 'GREEN' ELECTRIC IS NUCLEAR. HOW DO YOU LEAVE THIS OUT.

  • @solomonkane102
    @solomonkane102 Жыл бұрын

    My gas never goes out and the gov cant turn it off.

  • @joonzville

    @joonzville

    Жыл бұрын

    Where does your gas come from?

  • @RealMTBAddict

    @RealMTBAddict

    Жыл бұрын

    Gas powered cell phone?

  • @superspecialty5169
    @superspecialty516911 ай бұрын

    Why do save money by spending what you don’t have? 🤔😆🙄

  • @gordomg
    @gordomg Жыл бұрын

    Hmmm.. NOVA failed to mention that most of the electricity that powers the heat pumps comes from.....fossil fuels. 🤫

  • @RealMTBAddict

    @RealMTBAddict

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol yikes

  • @Tmanaz480

    @Tmanaz480

    Жыл бұрын

    True, but large-scale fossil plants are way more efficient than small residential heating boilers.

  • @gordomg

    @gordomg

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tmanaz480 true. But NOVAs failure to mention this is disingenuous as best, willful omission at worst.

  • @blattimus
    @blattimus Жыл бұрын

    How keeping very effective and economical natural gas appliances can help struggling citizens to not pay massive sums of money for heat pumps.

  • @randy9573
    @randy9573Ай бұрын

    BS

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