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Heat Pumps and HRVs

Financing Through NS Power
NS Power offers financing options for heat pumps and ETS systems through The Nodding Group for homeowners and landlords OAC. This is a lease-to-own program, with an interest rate based on a 5, 7, or 10-year term. The monthly payment will be added to your power bill, which after installing a heat pump should be greatly reduced! Call us today to learn more!

Heat Pumps
A heat pump is an electrical device that extracts heat from one place and transfers it to another. The heat pump is not a new technology; it has been used in Canada and around the world for decades. Refrigerators and air conditioners are both common examples of this technology. Our air-to-air heat pumps transfer the heat from outdoor air into your home. Their versatility and efficiency make them an excellent choice for use in our Canadian climate We also install air-to-water heat pumps to supply forced hot water heating systems.

The newest heat pumps are highly efficient, as much as 3.5 times as energy efficient as electric baseboard heating!
Some models of heat pumps can operate in outdoor temperatures as low as -30`C.
Many models of heat pumps will provide both heating and cooling year-round.

Sea Coast HVAC supplies heat pumps from but not limited to Daikin, Trane, Carrier, Mitsubishi and York

For more information on heat pumps, please read Heating and Cooling With A Heat Pump, by Natural Resources Canada.

Heat Recovery Ventilation
Heat recovery ventilation (HRV) systems allows a home to maintain high indoor air quality without excessive additional energy costs. And HRV system consists of two separate air-handling systems – one collects and exhausts stale indoor air; the other draws in outdoor air and distributes it throughout the home. As the exhaust and outdoor air streams pass through the HRV, heat from the exhaust air is used to pre-heat the outdoor air stream. Only the heat is transferred; the two air streams remain physically separate. This dramatically reduces the energy needed to heat outdoor air to a comfortable temperature.

Energy Recovery Ventilation
Energy recovery ventilation (ERV) systems work in very much the same way as heat recovery ventilators; heat from the exhaust air is used to pre-heat the outdoor air stream. The main difference is that water vapor is also transferred from one stream to the other. This helps to maintain a balanced level of humidity within the home while still dramatically reducing the energy needed to heat outdoor air to a comfortable temperature.