Heat Pumps
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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