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Show HN: Heat Pumps, Hooray – A heat pump calculator for your home

40 点作者 calvinfo超过 2 年前

12 条评论

rainbowzootsuit超过 2 年前
I would suggest that folks interested in energy efficiency improvement take a spin with NREL&#x27;s BEopt software.<p>It allows you to make a simple 3D model of your home, enter its current state of construction (insulation, HVAC system, roof, solar panels, etc.), and then uses the DOE&#x27;s energy plus (e+) software to run energy analysis for different scenarios of modification to the building.<p>For example you can find the optimal balance between improvement to your insulation vs getting a more efficient HVAC system in terms of dollars or energy usage, depending on your goals for your home.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nrel.gov&#x2F;buildings&#x2F;beopt.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nrel.gov&#x2F;buildings&#x2F;beopt.html</a>
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bake超过 2 年前
Hi HN -- We’re Baker and Calvin, two heat pump nerds who are really excited about home electrification and its impact on climate change.<p>During our explorations, we realized really struggled to find good calculators out there for understanding the impacts a heat pump can have on your specific home.<p>So… we built one! It’s free to use, and we’re curious to get your feedback.<p>Feel free to try it out here, and let us know what you think!
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8fingerlouie超过 2 年前
I&#x27;m a european (with a heat pump), but i tried it anyway.<p>I entered :<p>- Zip 56714<p>- 2500 sqft<p>- 4 occupants<p>- 1 boiler<p>- no aircon<p>- natural gas<p>and the result was :<p>Switching to a heat pump will increase your cost by... $257.28 per year<p>So i&#x27;m not entirely sure it works as you intended, or natural gas is much cheaper than electricity. Over here, Natural gas is currently at €2.96&#x2F;m3 (about 2.5x the price last year), and every calculation we&#x27;ve made based on the heat pump vs natual gas shows it will reduce our annual bill by about 50%.<p>I&#x27;ve had the heat pump for 6 months, and while it was spring&#x2F;summer with reduced need for heating, the total consumption of the heat pump in those 6 months has been around 900 kWh, and i estimate around 2000 kWh for the winter. (2000 sqft house, well insulated compared to US standards)
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woutgaze超过 2 年前
Does anyone know something similar for Europeans (I live in The Netherlands)? Common units used here are all metric; for heating I&#x27;ve seen Natural Gas Usage (in m3) used and GigaJoules. Also almost no-one here seems to use air conditioning.
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ars超过 2 年前
I&#x27;m not sure it&#x27;s doing the right thing when I entered a multi-zone mini-split.<p>It&#x27;s acting like I&#x27;m buying a separate A&#x2F;C for each zone, but that&#x27;s not how they are priced. I have 9 for &quot;Heat pump: Number of units&quot;, and 2 for &quot;AC equipment: Number of units &quot;.<p>Also it&#x27;s having trouble doing the math right because I have window A&#x2F;C, but I would get a mini-split for A&#x2F;C and Cooling.<p>For me the math is just not right - if I put in a mini-split to have A&#x2F;C, I need to decide what&#x27;s cheaper, running my high efficiency boiler (that I already have), vs heating using the heat pump.<p>That&#x27;s really all I want to know: What costs less, heat with gas, or heat with electricity. Or maybe a hybrid.<p>This seems geared more to people who have existing ducted A&#x2F;C with a furnace (not a boiler), who might get rid of the boiler part, and leave the rest. (Or just not use the boiler.)<p>IMO you should just stick to calculate fuel costs for heat with gas, vs heat with electricity, and leave out the installation costs.
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Siecje超过 2 年前
Great job! This has a lot of information without making the UI overwhelming.<p>I have a bug report I got &quot;1.5e+2% of your annual heating.&quot;
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Dork1234超过 2 年前
It seems like it takes a long time to process&#x2F;calculate the simulation. Is this done server side? Is there a reason for the slowness?
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gs17超过 2 年前
Am I misreading it? How can I save more than 100% of my annual heating&#x2F;cooling costs each year?
Projectiboga超过 2 年前
Fyi you will still need a backup heat source as heat pumps have a lower temperature limit to where they can&#x27;t capture heat from out side that is around freezing to 20 degrees fahrenheit.
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benj111超过 2 年前
The sliders labelled basic are slightly confusing, especially as it&#x27;s dimmed suggesting &#x27;basic&#x27; is off.<p>Maybe a down arrow and advanced?<p>Also as a non USian without a zip code, this is fairly useless to me.
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sparrish超过 2 年前
&quot;Switching to a heat pump, you&#x27;ll save $67.53 per year&quot;<p>also<p>&quot;Total savings over a 15-year period are up to $37,000&quot;<p>I must be missing something cause that doesn&#x27;t add up.
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mig39超过 2 年前
Put in the zip code for Fairbanks, Alaska. 99701.<p>Not so good :-(<p>I guess heat pumps aren&#x27;t great when it&#x27;s really really cold?
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