Great paper by Thomas Manjarres and Allen Dusault of Franklin Energy highlighting the important difference between site energy efficiency and actual carbon emission reduction. Specifically, this paper shows that replacing gas space heating equipment with electric heat pumps in cool climate zones will actually increase carbon emissions, in addition to increasing the home owner’s utility […]
In October, 2019 SMTI shipped another Thermally Driven Heat Pump (TDHP) off for a winter field test as part of the latest demo-series. This prototype along with two others will provide all of the space and water heating for three homes in the Chicago area. This 80,000 btu/hr (23 kW) natural gas driven air-to-water heat […]
SMTI is developing a TDHP (Thermally-Driven Heat Pump) product version suitable for multi-family building usage. SMTI, partnering with a major OEM serving this sector, commissioned a 140,000 BTU output capacity TDHP in September, 2019 to serve both the space-heating and hot water loads of all the units in the building near Chicago. SMTI’s approach to […]