Why switch to heat pumps?
Replacing or augmenting your heating and cooling system (if it exists) with a heat pump benefits multiple stakeholders.
For Building / Asset Owners
Maintain or reduce utility bills
Heat pumps use around one third as much energy. You might also avoid the gas “customer charge” if you can cancel your gas subscription, further reducing costs.
Marginal upfront cost impact
The upfront cost may be comparable or slightly more than a conventional A/C unit, but with the additional benefit of a single system now providing both heating and cooling. Incentives are often available to make it the lowest capital cost option.
Lower risk
Reduce exposure to volatile gas prices and improve readiness for building emissions regulations.
Higher asset values
High performing efficient building assets are likely to have higher values in the future as they may incur less financial and regulatory risk and are more desired by tenants.
Reduce environmental footprint
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 90%, heat pumps are often the most significant change you can make at your building to reduce GHG emissions.
For Building / Facilities Management
Same or fewer systems to maintain
Removing a gas heater means one less complex system to maintain. Replacing the air conditioner means no additional systems are added.
For Building Users and Tenants
Increase comfort
Users typically enjoy how heat pumps deliver a consistent comfortable space temperature. When you install a heat pump in a building that didn’t previously have air conditioning, occupant comfort and safety increases significantly, especially during extreme heatwaves which are becoming more frequent.
Climate control
Adding A/C where none exists helps align with maximum temperature regulations expected to emerge to protect occupant health and wellbeing in a changing climate where extreme heatwaves become more frequent.
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