Cold Pump

[gl556tr]

Owners of well-clad buildings are advised to install heat pumps to economic warmth.
Can they also be used for cooling our abodes in Summer?

[gl556tr]

CORRECTION
Owners of well-clad buildings are advised to install heat pumps for economic warmth.
Can they also be used for cooling our abodes in Summer?

[Buenchico]

Yup!

From the US Department of Energy:
"Heat pumps offer an energy-efficient alternative to furnaces and air conditioners for all climates. Like your refrigerator, heat pumps use electricity to transfer heat from a cool space to a warm space, making the cool space cooler and the warm space warmer. During the heating season, heat pumps move heat from the cool outdoors into your warm house. During the cooling season, heat pumps move heat from your house into the outdoors. Because they transfer heat rather than generate heat, heat pumps can efficiently provide comfortable temperatures for your home"

Further:
"Some high-efficiency heat pumps are equipped with a desuperheater, which recovers waste heat from the heat pump's cooling mode and uses it to heat water. A desuperheater-equipped heat pump can heat water 2 to 3 times more efficiently than an ordinary electric water heater."

https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/heat-pump-systems

[TheChair]

I had a heat pump installed at the start of last winter. Heated the house all winter and now keeping it cool. My electricity bills have been reduced by around 60%

[gl556tr]

Buenchico and TheChair:
B, for the detail and reference;
T, for endorsing.