• Keep energy bills as low as possible;
• Ensure the World has a secure and resilient energy system;
• Reduce carbon emissions cost-effectively at home;
• Avoid unreasonable upfront costs for consumers which could discourage home improvements.
Even if you might have come across the HVAC acronym while searching for air conditioning or home heating solutions, you might still wonder what it stands for. The HVAC term has been widely used lately, in order to define complex systems that integrate three distinct functions: heating, ventilation and air conditioning. These multiplex systems are usually installed in new residential, industrial and office buildings, providing the much needed heat and air conditioning more efficiently. Since almost half of the utility bills you pay every month or every quarter end up covering the costs of heating and cooling, it should come as no surprise to see more and more homeowners turning to HVAC systems in order to save on their energy bills. Nowadays, the central HVAC system proves as essential as water and power supply when developing new residential or industrial buildings. The main roles of a HVAC system are to: Create and Maintain a comfortable habitat for humans, animals, plants or even objects that require specific climate conditions, within the limits of a building. Save energy and financial resources for creating and maintaining the desired micro-climate.
Initially, householders would keep their radiators and gas boilers but the majority of their hot water would be produced by an air source or ground source heat pump (which run on a small amount of electricity to draw natural heat from either the air or ground) with the gas boiler there as a backup. To make heat pumps effective all existing and new build homes need to be made as energy efficient as possible with optimum levels of insulation. A hybrid heating system is a combination of a traditional boiler with an air source heat pump. This technology is a particularly good option for homeowners looking to keep the familiarity of the boiler we all know so well but with the energy saving benefits of a renewable technology.
The future of the energy system will have a dramatic impact on our life and that of coming generations, be it for its impact on climate or on economic growth. It is therefore natural that the European Union is developing scenarios for 2050 aiming at a fundamental transformation of its energy system to achieve a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of 80% to 95% by 2050.
