As the cost of oil and natural gas continue to rise, many Massachusetts residents are making the switch to high efficiency heat pumps for their heating and cooling. Let’s get a better understanding of what a heat pump system can do for your home, and the benefits that come with them!

What is a Heat Pump?

A heat pump is best described as an electric powered heating and cooling solution for your home. Unlike most heating solutions, heat pumps use no fossil fuels, and are considered much more energy efficient than your fossil fuel-based heat sources.

Heat pumps don’t actually generate any heat, but rather move heat between two sources, which brings us to the two main types of heat pumps:

• Air source heat pumps
• Ground source heat pumps

An air-source heat pump moves heat between the air inside the home, and air outside the home.

Ground source heat pumps, also known as geothermal heat pumps, transfer heat between the ground outside and the air inside the home.

Main Components of a Heat Pump System

When trying to visualize a heat pump system, it’s best to break it into two major components:

• Indoor Unit
• Outdoor Unit

Indoor Unit

You’ll often hear the indoor unit referred to as the ‘air-handler” portion of the system, and it’s what you see moving the air inside your actual home. You may have heard of them as Mini-splits.

Depending on whether you’re looking to heat or cool your home, the condenser inside the mini split acts differently. If in heating mode, the coil acts as a condenser, and in cooling mode its acts as an evaporator.

Outdoor Unit

The outdoor unit acts similarly to the indoor unit, but utilizes the outside air to manage the heat exchange through the inner coil. If you’ve ever seen a home with central air conditioning, you’ve more then likely seen a similar outdoor unit as they do the same job.

How Does a Heat Pump Work in Heating Mode?

Heat ALWAYS wants to move to areas with lower temperature, or where less heat is present. The coils we previously discussed actually contain coolant, and it’s the coolant’s job to help this transfer of heat depending on whether or not you want it warmer or cooler in your home.

There is a reversing valve present that does the heavy lifting between heating and cooling mode. In heating mode, the outside coil acts as the evaporator and the indoor coil acts as the condenser. Outside air passes through the coil, and the heat is released into the home as energy.

How Does a Heat Pump Work in Cooling Mode?

Cooling mode works just like heating mode, but reversed! The outside coil becomes the condenser and the inside coil is the evaporator. Air from inside the house is pulled through the coil and the heat is absorbed by the refrigerant.

Think of how your air conditioners work, and you’ll find it’s an almost identical process.

While the process is a bit more in depth, this should give you a better, general understanding of how heat pumps operate.

So, Why Choose Heat Pumps?

Now that you understand how they work, you may be wondering why so many Massachusetts residents are making the switch to heat pumps for their heating and cooling needs. That’s easy!

If your home currently uses a gas furnace for heat, or even oil, you’re not being as efficient as you could be. Heat pump heating systems use electricity, and are considered FAR MORE efficient than any fossil fuel based home heating system.

We’ve helped countless residents take advantage of the available incentives through the Mass Save program, and reduce their overall energy bills thanks to the efficiency of these systems. Not to mention, they take care of the air conditioning too!

Not only are you making your home more energy efficient, but you’re reducing your household carbon-footprint significantly.

Here at Endless Energy, We Know Heat Pumps

If you’re a Massachusetts resident and want to install a heat pump in your home, give us a call today. Our experts will answer any questions you may have, and we’ll even set you up with a 0 cost home energy assessment, where we’ll get a better idea of your home and tailor the best personalized options for you.

Plus, with the help of the Mass Save program, we’ll get you energy efficient without breaking the bank, and go over all the different incentives you may or may not qualify for.

So, what are you waiting for? Give us a call, and let us help you understand how a heat pump system can change the way you think about comfort!

If you are a resident of Newton, Massachusetts, now is the time to take advantage of their HeatSmart Newton program.

In recent months, Endless Energy has become a  preferred partner of the town of Newton in its quest to reduce their overall carbon footprint and become a leader in the green movement.

We’ll help you navigate the HeatSmart Newton initiative sponsored by your town, to better understand what you qualify for, and how we can help you save money.

Before we get into how we can help you with your heating services, let’s break down the actual HeatSmart Newton initiative and see what it offers its residents.

What is HeatSmart Newton?

HeatSmart Newton is a relatively new, clean heating and cooling initiative based in the Newton community and exclusively run by volunteers. This initiative is meant to help residents improve the overall comfort of their home, lower the cost of their energy bills, and reduce their total greenhouse gas emissions.

Similar to the Mass Save Program, HeatSmart Newton offers special financing and incentives for your energy related products, in order to help mitigate costs for the home-owner. Let’s take a look at some of the incentives available through the program below!

Available HeatSmart Newton Incentives

Everything you need to know about current available financing and incentives available through the program can be found right on the HeatSmart website. As of September 2022, the available rebates and credits are  detailed below.

Air source Heat Pumps/ Ground Source Heat Pumps

If you’re looking to upgrade your current home heating service to a more energy efficient one, look no further than Air Source Heat pumps.

Depending on your situation, qualifying residents can get access to the following incentives for a new heat pump installation:

Partial Home: $1,250 rebate per ton of heat pump capacity added. Heat pump MUST be displacing heat that was originally produced by fossil fuels or electric.

Whole Home: $10,000 for air source, $15,000 for ground source systems, installed to be the primary heating (or air conditioning system) system.

Heat Pump Water Heaters

Resident who choose to upgrade their hot water heater, originally powered by electric, oil, propane, or natural gas, with a more efficient heat pump water heater will be eligible  for $750 in instant savings!

Special Financing

Also referred to as the Mass Save HEAT Loan, there is special financing available to qualifying residents who’re taking on a much larger project than they had anticipated. The Mass Save HEAT loan helps avoid costly personal loans with varying interest rates.

The Mass Save HEAT Loan  offers a maximum loan amount of $25,000 at 0% interest with terms going up to seven years in length. Currently, there are over 90 banks and credit unions that work with Mass Save to help deliver financing that saves you money on your HVAC service!

Take a look at this infograph directly from the HeatSmart website for more information:

Where Does Endless Energy Come In?

So now you might be asking yourself, ” Okay, so where does Endless Energy come in?”

Right now! Thanks to our preferred partnership with Newton, our experts are on standby; ready to help assist any residents that want to see what options are available to them, what they qualify for, and how to go about saving the most money with these programs.

Our professionals will schedule a visit to your home, where they’ll do a general inspection of your home to get a better idea of where your energy is being lost. They’ll work with you, so you know what’s going on every step of the way, and work with you to help develop an “energy efficient solution” for your home that adds to the overall comfort level, and reduces your total carbon footprint.

Best of all, our experts know these programs inside and out, so they’ll be sure you’re saving every penny you can, all while adding value and comfort to your greatest asset.

Give Us a Call Today!

The frigid Boston winter is right around the corner, and it’s best to be prepared. Don’t get stuck with a heating repair bill this winter for your old outdated system. Call us today, and we’ll set your home up with quality product and installation, so you can get back to enjoying your hot chocolate and home comfort, knowing your new heat pump heating system will keep you warm for many winters to come. Best of all, you won’t break the bank!