alt Hacker NewsI'm in Zurich in modern construction - all cement with stressed cement panel cladding too on the outside. 8 apartments. Triple pane windows. Heat-pump with ground temp heating/cooling that is practically free in price. The ground temp is too cold and we'd get condensation if the brine wasn't warmed up a bit. The apartment is 24c to 26c depending on the room. A bit chilly to me.
My neighborhood (wollishofen) is a bit infamous for all of the old construction being torn down and being replaced with buildings like ours. But those old places are heated with oil, they're leaky wood construction, they have no option for cooling because there are no vents. Think buildings from the 1800s to early 1950s.
I didn't read the article - tired of all the American articles in the press promoting ac for some reason.
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> But those old places are heated with oil, they're leaky wood construction, they have no option for cooling because there are no vents.
Ductless mini split style heat pumps are a common retrofit option for older buildings without vents aren't they?
> I didn't read the article - tired of all the American articles in the press promoting ac for some reason.
When a heat pump is used for cooling it's effectively the same as an AC. The main difference AFAIU is that a heat pump can reverse for heating as well. I think when Americans promote AC they probably consider a heat pump to be just another AC variant.
As an American, I can't understand a few of these sentences. I am mostly confused that you say you have a heat pump that cools, and you are sick of AC promotion. There is some kind of disconnect here, because in the US, a heat pump is AC.
Separately, everybody I personally know (Northeast US) considers 26 C indoors to be hot (not warm - hot). It's amazing to me that people can feel temperature so differently.