Electric Heat Pumps for Space Heating and Cooling
Building Science
Heat Pump HVAC
Residential
On-Demand
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At a Glance
About This Course
As our electricity supply becomes cleaner due to increased use of renewable's for generation along with a growing number of local ordinances prohibiting installs in new homes, electricity becomes an attractive fuel source to designers and builders interested in reducing residential greenhouse gas emissions and creating zero net energy buildings. In this previously recorded lecture, Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Performance presents on efficiency gains and emissions reductions from electric heat pumps in new and existing buildings and covers the advantages and limitations of these systems, the available technology and refrigerant types. The discussion also touches on interactions with indoor air quality issues and building enclosure considerations.
Instructor
Dan Perunko is cofounder of Balance Point Home Performance Company. In 2006, along with Gavin Healy, Dan started a successful company providing full service home performance analysis, retrofits, consultations, and trainings. Dan works on new and existing construction designs and hands on installations of enclosures, mechanical, plumbing, and indoor air quality components based on tested performance outcomes. Dan especially enjoys improving existing homes to provide homeowners with levels of comfort and energy consumption that they have not believed possible. Dan is a professional trainer who designs and delivers full and multi day courses for California’s Utility Companies (energy training centers) and ACI national and regional conferences. Dan brings his experience from construction, design and building analysis, to make his class materials relevant, useful and understandable regardless of the attendees’ level of experience.
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