Cold Climate Heat Pump Specifications and Performance Reporting: Forging New Frontiers
By David Lis | Mon, December 11, 23
The landscape around heat pump performance specifications and data has evolved in recent years and in the process has raised new questions as to where specifications and performance reporting for heat pumps should go in the future. Let’s break down where we’ve been and look at where and how we can forge new frontiers.
The State of Residential Heat Pump Programs
By Tara McElhinney | Wed, May 24, 23
If you’ve been following the world of heat pumps, you know this past year has seen a lot of changes, from new minimum efficiency metrics (SEER2/HSPF2) to an influx of public funding to support heat pump adoption. How are states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic incorporating these changes into their programs?
Lights, Camera, Action: Home Installation of HPWH
By Deepti Dutt | Mon, March 27, 23
My husband and I are proud New England home owners. This means that our house, like many in the area, is old and leaks like a sieve. Every summer, for the last four years, we painstakingly lugged our window a/c units from our basement to our second floor bedrooms and back to basement at the end of the summer. In both these trips, we make promises to ourselves and each other to look into whole home air conditioning solutions.
Not Too Big, Not Too Small: New Tools for Improved Air Source Heat Pump Selection
By David Lis | Wed, April 27, 22
Last winter, staff from NEEP’s Heating Electrification Initiative and staff from NYSERDA’s Clean Heating and Cooling teams realized we shared similar ideas about how we could enable better practices related to sizing and selecting air source heat pumps. With NYSERDA’s direct support, NEEP began working to realize these visions.
NEEP's ccASHP Product List: New Product Categories and a Look Ahead
By Ben Hiller | Fri, December 17, 21
NEEP is proud to announce the addition of packaged terminal heat pumps (PTHPs) and single package vertical heat pumps (SPVHPs) to the Cold Climate Air Source Heat Pump Product List.
Six Strategies to Accelerate the Adoption of SEM in the Northeast
By Andrew Winslow | Wed, September 22, 21
Strategic Energy Management is a holistic approach to managing the energy use in (but not limited to) commercial and industrial (C&I) facilities, some of the hardest to reach building types.