Could heating your home with electricity be the more efficient choice? It is, if you use a heat pump. Pumps move heat around while upgrading the heat temperature; they extract heat from cold spaces and send it to warmer spaces. A simple switch changes a pump from from heater to a cooler. There are two types of heat pumps, geothermal and air-source. The former is too expensive for residential use due to the required drilling, but air-source is a viable heat pump option. This type is referred to as a ductless minisplit heat pump. While a large, poorly insulated house may need more than one, in a compact, energy efficient house, one pump should suffice.
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