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Heat pumps in cold climates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Heat pumps are one of the most efficient ways to heat and cool a home. But can a heat pump system<\/a> work in the winter when the temperature drops below 20 degrees? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contrary to popular belief, modern cold-climate heat pumps can heat a home efficiently even when the temperature drops below -10 degrees. At this temperature the best cold climate heat pumps<\/a> are still more energy efficient than furnaces and boilers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just ask the millions of homeowners in Scandinavia. People in Norway, Finland and Sweden are installing heat pumps at a faster pace than anywhere else in Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You might be thinking, \u201cScandinavians do everything<\/em> better than the rest of the world.\u201d But some states in America are actually adopting heat pumps at an even faster rate than the countries listed in the chart above \u2014 even some of the ones with the coldest climates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, in Maine, there were 50 units sold per 1,000 households, inching it just a little higher than Europe\u2019s leading country, Norway. By comparison 23 units were sold per 1,000 households in the rest of the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s compelling evidence that heat pumps can save most homeowners a lot of money too. I recently used data from NREL\u2019s ResStock model to see how much money the average homeowner can save<\/a> by switching to a heat pump in various states. I discovered that the average homeowner in Maine \u2014 to use my favorite cold climate state as an example again \u2014 could save $718 per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In New York, a far more populous cold climate state, the average homeowner can save $637 per year. The millions of homeowners using fuel oil in the state could save $976 per year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could go on and on. Pennsylvania: $935. Massachusetts: $838. Ohio: $676. You get the point. There are a lot of cold places in this country where heat pumps are simply the best way to heat a home and save money in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The three myths of cold climate heat pumps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

But why are there still so many contractors and homeowners that think heat pumps don\u2019t work in cold climates? My theory is that three myths are to blame:<\/p>\n\n\n\n