Heating-Cooling Links - 8/7/2002 - House Systems HVAC Heating Air Conditioning

Heating-Cooling Links

The beauty of a vapor compression cycle lies in its ability to heat or cool by "pumping" heat into or out of a home. The most common type of heat pump is an air source heat pump, which uses outdoor air as a heat source in winter and a heat sink in summer. A more efficient form is a ground source heat pump, which uses the temperate ground as a heat source in winter and a heat sink in summer.

Currently under research, phase change materials have potential to reduce a home's heating and cooling load. Discover more below

• IEA Heat Pump Centre
  The International Energy Agency's information centre for heat pumping technologies, applications and markets.
• GHPC - Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium
  The Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium (GHPC) focuses on increasing the use of GeoExchange technology for both commercial and residential heating and cooling.
• Ground Source Heat Pump Design
  A website for technical information and other resources related to ground source heat pump systems.