According to the Environment Canada report Climate Change Plan for Canada (2), 28.7% of personal greenhouse gas emissions are from space heating, compared to 49.9% from transportation. Since there are more than twice as many vehicles as household furnace/ boilers, this means that the average furnace/boiler produces more ghg’s than the average vehicle. When you reduce the amount of natural gas you use to heat your home by a certain percentage, your ghg’s from heating should be reduced by about the same amount.
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy is energy derived from resources that are regenerative or that cannot be depleted in normal circumstances. For example the ambient air around our homes is a renewable source, as is the energy stored in the ground transferred by the sun's rays.
Low Carbon Footprint
Heat Pumps have no flue and do not pass any emissions into the local environment, and, when coupled to a green electricity supply, your heating and hot water demands are met with zero Carbon Dioxide emissions.
Carbon Footprint is a measure of carbon emissions on energy consumption per KWhr and fuel type i.e. gas, electric, oil etc. Heat Pumps are all electric highly efficient systems and, despite the inefficiencies of electrical generation compared to gas or oil can produce massive CO2 emission savings as indicated in the chart below.
Energy costs and CO2 emissions of a typical heat pump compared to traditional fuels (as a percentage)
CO2 emissions are based on SAP 2005 data
Fuel costs are based on SAP 2005 data and adjusted to 2007 prices
CO2 emissions & running cost are based on 320% seasonal efficiency and economy 7 electricity with 40% off peak
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