Heat Pumps
A heat pump can cut your heating costs by up to 60% and provide you with low cost air conditioning in the summer.
Government rebates available on heat pumps
The LiveSmart BC rebate for an air source heat pump is $1060, or $1420 if it is installed with a 90%+ efficient variable speed furnace. Add the $500 rebate under the Federal ecoENERGY program, and you have a total rebate of $1560 for the heat pump alone or $2710 with the furnace. The LiveSmartBC rebate for an air source heat pump with a variable speed motor is larger than for any other home improvement, which indicates that the government has recognized their huge potential to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These grants can pay for up to a quarter of the cost of the installation. You can receive the Home Renovation Tax credit in addition to these grants. See our grants & rebates page for details.
How does a heat pump work?
A heat pump is like an air conditioner that can also run in reverse. It also works a lot like a fridge. Your fridge removes heat from the near-freezing inside air and expels it out the bottom or back of the unit into the warmer kitchen air. A heat pump is like a fridge but has a much greater capacity to move heat. On a cool day, it can remove heat from the cooler air outdoors and move it into your home. The cycle can be reversed in the summer so that heat is being removed from your homes air to the outdoors. A more scientific explanation of how a heat pump works can be found on our heat pumps FAQ page.
How much can I save on heating costs with a heat pump?
Since a heat pump only moves heat from the outdoors into your home, rather than creating heat by burning fossil fuels, it can operate at efficiencies of over 100%- a typical heat pump we install averages about 300% efficiency. This means that about 3 kWh’s of heat are created for every kWh of electricity it consumes, and this can mean big savings on utility bills. BC Hydro estimated that a heat pump will reduce heating costs by 57% when upgrading from a standard efficiency (65%) furnace. To learn more about heat pump efficiency ratings and how energy savings estimates can be calculated by comparing them to gas unit efficiency ratings and utility rates, see our heat pumps FAQ page. A heat pump can also greatly reduce your homes greenhouse gas emissions, see our Go Green page for more info.
These amounts were formerly posted on BC Hydro's web site, and are based on energy consumption for space heating in the average BC home. Some homes have much higher heating costs.
Supplemental heating
While a heat pump can produce a lot of heat very efficiently at temperatures above 4ºC, its efficiency and output capacity begin to drop off below this point, and a typical house does not have a large enough power supply (unless almost nothing else is consuming electricity) to run a large enough heat pump to heat a home at below-freezing temperatures. For this reason, most heat pumps we install are installed as a package with a new furnace, unless the customer already has a newer furnace.
Heat pumps for hot water heating systems
HouseSmart Heating and Air Conditioning is proud to install Aermec units, as they are the top name in air-to-water heat pumps. They can supplement a boiler to provide most of your heating for about half the cost of the highest efficiency boiler, and air conditioning can be provided by optional indoor fan units.
The HouseSmart Heating & Air Conditioning Difference
Shell Busey's HouseSmart Heating and Air Conditioning is your top choice for home heating and cooling installations. Why? Because we are determined to give homeowners what they expect from a company with Shell Busey's name on it: installations and service work which are performed to the highest standards.
Your system will be installed by experienced professionals (on our staff, not subcontractors) who will perform the work correctly and to code (permits will be pulled so the work is subject to inspection). They will respect your home and be careful not to damage its appearance, and only high grade materials manufactured by top names will be used.
For much more information on heat pumps, see our heat pumps FAQ page.
Brochures for some of our most popular models
Lennox XP19: Up to 9.3 HSPF "the most quiet and efficient heat pump you can buy"
Lennox XP15: Up to 9.0 HSPF "the quietest heat pump you can buy"
Lennox XP14: Up to 9.5 HSPF
Amana ASZ18: Up to 9.5 HSPF
Goodman SSZ14: Up to 8.5 HSPF
Call 604-GOT HEAT (468-4328) for more information or to schedule a free quote on a heat pump installation. Or use our online schedule quote form.
You can see a Lennox XP15 heat pump, an Aermec heat pump, and a Mitsubishi ductless split heat pump in operation at our showroom at 12981 80th Ave in Surrey.
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