The chilly New England state blew past its goal to install 100,000 heat pumps by 2025. Now it's pledging to install 175,000 more by 2027.

Heat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its target::undefined

  • carbonpropEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago

    I may be way off here. But I believe a mini split and heat pump are the same thing? At least where I live the term is interchangeable.

    • Botzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Not at all. A mini split is a kind of heat pump, but refers to a specific kind of installation.

      Most of these are “air source” heat pumps, but there are also ground source or geothermal pumps that exchange heat using a loop of liquid buried in the ground.

      We’re installing a “whole house” air source heat pump to replace our 40yo inefficient gas furnaces and add cooling. This will utilize our existing duct work.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        If you don’t have duct work (and can’t without razing your house to the ground and rebuilding) a mini-split is the only option right?