About This Course

Matt Christie, Director, Advanced Residential Building and Decarbonization at TRC, provides an overview of decarbonization and how heat pumps can play a role in it. He reviews how heat pumps work using the vapor compression cycle. Air source heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, ground source heat pumps and air to water heat pumps are reviewed as well as key market realities facing wider adoption of heat pumps. Recorded February 15, 2024.

Learning Objectives

Describe how a heat pump works Explore common types of heat pumps Summarize ASHP design considerations Describe key market realities