If you haven’t heard of a heat pump yet, you probably will soon.  How a heat pump works to effectively extract energy from the environment is explained by guest Doug Edwards on this episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine, hosted by Patrick Sajbel with Connor Stephans.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has been called “…the single largest action ever taken by Congress and the US government to combat climate change” -Rhodium Group.

Citizens are now incented to reduce carbon in the atmosphere by taking advantage of increasingly renewable electricity. In transportation, we know that this means electric vehicles, but for heating and cooling of buildings we need to warm up to the idea of using HEAT PUMPS.

Edwards has a chemical engineering BS from UW and an MS from Cal Berkely and an MBA from NYU. But most importantly, he is a hands-on engineer who has successfully commissioned a heat pump at a family home in Northern Wisconsin.

Photo: Pump operating in winter    credit: Doug Edwards

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