About this product
Your uncle says heat pumps don't work below freezing. Your contractor's last cold-climate install was 2016. And your winter heating bill keeps climbing while everyone tells you to "just get a heat pump" without explaining what actually makes one work - or fail - in a real northern winter.
Here's what's changed: modern cold-climate heat pumps, independently tested to hold their rated heating capacity at 5 F and below, aren't the equipment that earned that old reputation. Maine proved it at scale - over 100,000 installed statewide, performing through genuine New England winters.
Heat Pump Installation and Optimization is the homeowner's guide to getting this right the first time, not the fifth.
Across 20 chapters and five parts, you'll learn how to:
- Read past the marketing SEER2 number to the cold-weather COP data that actually predicts winter performance
- Get a real Manual J load calculation - and recognize the sizing mistakes that leave most systems oversized and underperforming
- Compare cold-climate models from Mitsubishi, Daikin, LG, Bosch, and Carrier using the NEEP cold-climate product list and AHRI-matched ratings, not brand loyalty
- Configure a balance point and backup heat strategy that keeps your system efficient on the coldest night of the year
- Vet and hire a qualified installer using a ten-point checklist built from real red flags
- Understand exactly what changed with the federal 25C tax credit's expiration on December 31, 2025 - and which incentives are still available in 2026
- Run an honest operating-cost comparison against your current furnace, using your own utility rates
Every chapter is sourced and cited - DOE, EIA, IRS, ENERGY STAR, AHRI, and NEEP among them - with a full bibliography in the back. Six appendixes give you a quick-reference cheat sheet, a contractor interview checklist, and illustrative cost worksheets you can actually use.
This book won't tell you heat pumps are magic. It will tell you exactly what to check, ask, and verify so the one going into your home actually performs the way it's supposed to - through your coldest winter, not just the brochure's.
Author: Dai Tran
ISBN-13: 9798177661087
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 09/28/2026
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
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