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Article: New heat pump gets high-end home.(FOCUS: HIGH-END HVAC SYSTEMS)

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June 23, 2008
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GLASTONBURY, Conn. -- A new 9,000-square-foot Colonial-style house is now being heated and cooled by two natural gas-fired absorption heat pumps. This is the first residential installation of these unique heat pumps, which have a rated efficiency of 126 percent. That means for every dollar the homeowners spend to operate these heat pumps in heating mode, they will receive an average of $1.26 in energy returned.

This one-of-a-kind, energy-efficient, multi-million-dollar home was completed in April 2007. Its $125,000 HVAC system includes the absorption heat pumps, which serve a radiant heating and hydro-air heating and cooling system, as well as high-efficiency air ...

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