Initiatives:Residential Heat Pumps

News 2013

• Sustainable Lexington and Air Source Heat Pumps, by Mark Sandeen (Sept 27, 2013). References:
  • Laboratory Test Report for Fujitsu 12RLS and Mitsubishi FE12NA Mini-Split Heat Pumps, made available by the US Dept of Energy (Sept 2011)
  • Mass Save® Participating Home Performance Contractors (Feb 1, 2013)
• Sustainable Lexington Committee Letter to Lexington homeowners on Total Climate Control solutions from Next Step Living (Feb 22, 2013)

Mailing list threads

• Lexington list:
  • Heating options: Oil, Gas or Heat Pump? (Oct 2013)
  • Sustainable Lexington and Air Source Heat Pumps (Sept 2013)
  • Next Step Living (Sept 2013)
  • Mini-Split Heat Pump? (July 2013)
  • Nest Thermostat Review (June 2013)
  • Mailing to residents regarding Next Step Living heat pumps installations (Feb 2013)
  • Heating with Heat Pump System (Feb 2013)
  • Better Buildings Program- this weekend in Lexington (Feb 2013)
  • National Grid Hate Mail (Oct 2012)
  • Split Air Conditioning Systems (July 2012)
  • Residential Ground Source Heat Pump? (June 2011)
• Also see: Natural Gas mailing list threads

Resources

• The Sustainable Lexington Committee web site: http://www.sustainablelexington.org
• NStar calculators for estimating heating + electricity bills and for estimating carbon footprint