Cold climate design - Articles - Page 2

Cold Climate Heat Pumps: Technical Overview

What to know about cold climate heat pumps

January 30, 2024

Traditional air-source heat pumps can provide reliable heating when outdoor temperatures are moderately cold. However, once the weather reaches subzero temperatures, heat pumps suffer a drastic loss of performance due to frost accumulation on their outdoor units.

4 Manufacturers Join Field-Testing Phase of Heat Pump Challenge

January 10, 2024

No Comments

Heat pumps from Bosch, Daikin, Midea, and Johnson Controls are moving to the next phase of the challenge, which involves installing and monitoring prototypes in cold-climate locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Wind Turbine Fabric HVAC Duct Company Bought by FabricAir

Borealis Wind use internal FabricAir fabric HVAC ducts to disperse heat throughout each blade

August 9, 2023

No Comments

Founder of Borealis Wind, Daniela Roeper, P. Eng., will become a member of the global FabricAir management team and Vice President of the BorealisWind product line.

Residential Heating Scene Shows Mix of Cold Climate Heat Pumps, Furnaces

Manufacturers see dual fuel as a way to bridge the electrification transition

Maria Taylor

February 27, 2023

No Comments

Cold climate heat pumps were on full display on the AHR show floor and manufacturers were eager to share their progress reports in the Department of Energy’s CCHP Challenge.

Trane Set to Start Field Tests of Cold Climate Heat Pumps

The company’s CCHPs outperformed laboratory tests in extremely cold temperatures

Joanna R. Turpin

November 8, 2022

No Comments

Trane has surpassed DOE requirements for the residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge for high-efficiency heating in freezing temperatures and will begin field trials later this month.

Original Equipment Manufacturers Developing Heat Pumps for Cold Climates

As part of DOE program, next-generation HPs will be available by 2024

Joanna R. Turpin

January 5, 2022

No Comments

To enforce the transition away from using fossil fuels for space heating purposes, many cities across the U.S. have proposed or enacted regulations that would ban the use of fossil fuels in new homes and buildings.

Five Things HVAC Contractors Should Know About Cold-Climate VRF

As technology advances, manufacturers talk tips, trends, and putting outdoor units indoors

Robert Beverly

August 24, 2021

No Comments

As performance and efficiencies have marched upward over the last several years, VRF has made steady advances in the last frontier of cold climates.

Mini-split ceiling mounted unit. - The NEWS - ACHR

Mini-Split Public Awareness is Spreading

Contractors discuss what is moving the needle when it comes to consumer interest

Robert Beverly

August 6, 2018

No Comments

Different areas have particular needs and also embrace new technology at different speeds.

Extending the Mini-Split Map

Inverter technology advances and zone controls are expanding the territory into new climates

Robert Beverly

August 6, 2018

No Comments

Developments in zoning capabilites have brought mini splits into the multiroom realm. And it goes without mention that the march of engineering progress has taken ductless systems on the road, into parts of the country where no mini split has ever gone before.

Ductless HVAC in High Demand

Flexible technology is ideal for many applications, climates

Joanna R. Turpin

February 27, 2017

One Comment

As contractors become better versed on the benefits of ductless technology, they play a key role in educating homeowners as to why duct-free technology may be a better solution in terms of efficiency and design flexibility.