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Heat pumps are having a bit of a moment. They outsold gas furnaces for the second year running, and homeowners who install them are eligible for thousands in incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act. But they’re not growing quite as fast as they pe…
The startup emerged from stealth with a goal of extending the range of EVs while also eliminating fossil fuels from home heating.
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The startup is relying on automation to speed design and quoting of residential heat pump installations.
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The team came up with a system that integrated a heat pump and a hot water storage tank with a pod that turns the system into a thermal battery.
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Big buildings almost always have big carbon footprints, and getting the carbon out of heating and cooling is especially challenging. Geothermal might be the answer.
Despite heat pumps’ growing appeal, not all consumers are sold on the idea. This startup hopes to change people’s minds.
Quilt raises $9M seed round to become the Nest of heat pumps by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
In the Netherlands, central heating boilers will be banned by 2026 and its government has incentivized the installation of heat pumps. Meanwhile, the U.K. government estimates that heating buildings accounts for 25% of the U.K.’s greenhouse gas emissions. It passed the Energy Security Bill, and is aiming to install 600,000 heat pumps a year by […]
HeatTransformers turns up the dial on heat pumps with new funding by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
In the Netherlands, central heating boilers will be banned by 2026 and its government has incentivized the installation of heat pumps. Meanwhile, the U.K. government estimates that heating buildings accounts for 25% of the U.K.’s greenhouse gas emissions. It passed the Energy Security Bill, and is aiming to install 600,000 heat pumps a year by […]
HeatTransformers turns up the dial on heat pumps with new funding by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Lun, a climate tech startup out of Denmark, is on a mission to help homes decarbonize fast — starting with heating systems and swapping out boilers for electric heat pumps. What are heat pumps? The technology is a low carbon form of heating which is based on the principle of refrigeration that offers an alternative […]
Lun is in a mad rush to help heat-pump installers decarbonize homes by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Service 1st Financial hopes its combined leasing-and-service model will sell contractors and consumers on climate-friendly heat pumps.
Service 1st Financial sells ‘home comfort as a service,’ gets $20 million in funding from Series B, debt by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
If you own a home, Sealed has a heat pump to sell you. The Manhattan-based startup, which helps homeowners replace their oil- and gas-gulping heating systems via an unusual financing model, has secured an additional $29.5 million in a new deal led by property-tech investor Fifth Wall. Other investors, including Robert Downey Jr.’s FootPrint Coalition […]