Air heat pump new construction manufacturer?

Hello,

I consider switching to an air-water heat pump the wrong approach. Is there an energy consultant, an overall concept, a qualified heat load calculation? The worst thing now is to make a rash decision for something that will run for the next 20 years. If necessary, the pace of construction must first be slowed down, coordinating here with the planner/developer, possibly a specialist planner. Depending on the needs, location of the property, plot size, and the planned energy standard, there are various options for generation, not exclusively an air-water heat pump. Technical options also include ground-source heat pumps, but also a gas heat pump is possible if a heat pump must be used according to the overall concept.

Combinations of different energy sources are also conceivable, such as solar support for hot water generation and heating support with natural gas, etc. For this, the energy consultant or the engineer responsible for the energy concept must now be consulted to also keep an eye on investment costs. These are high for a heat pump and low for a gas condensing boiler, especially given that district heating is planned and possibly the freed budget due to elimination is very small, if it concerns a subsidized district heating connection.

Best regards, Erik

Hello Erik,

Combinations of different energy sources are also conceivable, such as solar support for hot water production and heating support with natural gas, etc.

For this, the energy consultant or the engineer responsible for the energy concept must now be consulted in order to keep an eye on the investment costs. These are high for a heat pump, low for a gas condensing system, especially against the background that district heating is planned and possibly the freed-up budget because of its elimination is very small if it concerns a subsidized district heating connection.

As you know, I leave your posts as they are, without editing or intervening otherwise.

At the moment, however, you no longer refer as factually as at the beginning of your membership to gas or its side effects. Resist the beginnings or is it already more than noticeable that gas will have a few more worries in the future about finding its way to the customer?

Why are the investment costs for an air-to-water heat pump higher than for a gas condensing boiler? That was still the case a few years ago, but no longer today, because the sales figures of this heat pump have risen too strongly. I would also be surprised if builders had no costs to bear (not infrequently comparable to the credit due to the elimination of the heat generator) so that the new building can even be supplied and heated with district heating?

District heating does not need to be subsidized either; in times of scarce land resources, its use as a heat generator is simply written into the development plan and that's that. I have not yet come across any real advertising for this form of heat generation; a rogue who thinks badly about it ;)

Best regards from the Rhineland