Not that long ago, if a conversation centered on heat pumps, it was fairly safe to assume that the equipment referred to ducted, split-system, electric, air-source units. That assumption started to change a few years ago with the growing popularity of ductless heat pumps. And geothermal heat pumps. And VRF systems. Now, there are multiple types of heat pumps available, including gas-powered systems and so-called magic box units, which contain an air-source heat pump to help improve IAQ.<\/p>\n
While these alternative units still comprise just a fraction of the heat pump market, manufacturers are hopeful sales will grow once end users and contractors learn about the benefits of the technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Not that long ago, if a conversation centered on heat pumps, it was fairly safe to assume that the equipment referred to ducted, split-system, electric, air-source units. That assumption started to change a few years ago with the growing popularity of ductless heat pumps. And geothermal heat pumps. And VRF systems. Now, there are multiple types of heat pumps available, including gas-powered systems and so-called magic box units, which contain an air-source heat pump to help improve IAQ. While these alternative units still comprise just a fraction of the heat pump market, manufacturers are hopeful sales will grow once end…<\/p>\n","category_list":"In the News<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"admin","url":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/author\/admin\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/archnews.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5176,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174\/revisions\/5176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildequinox.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}