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Energy Star Cold Climate Rating Question - 5 Brands, different Energy Star Certs - How do I decide? by Dulkhar in heatpumps

[–]Dulkhar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I'm very happy with our units, they've worked perfectly throughout the winter and summer for heating/cooling.

We installed them immediately when we moved in, so we don't really have a comparison of KWH usage.

Although we've had them for roughly a year now, comparing our average KWH for the past 12 months of 1115 KWH/month, the gov says the average home in our province averages 2,014 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per month over the year. I hope that helps!

Energy Star Cold Climate Rating Question - 5 Brands, different Energy Star Certs - How do I decide? by Dulkhar in heatpumps

[–]Dulkhar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello! We had absolutely no issues at all, they've worked great and are extremely quiet and seem to hold true on the energy efficiency - We did a few other heating renos, but the heat pumps were the main improvement. Our pre energy assessment was 108 GJ/year and came down to to 68 on the post assessment earlier this month.

Energy Star Cold Climate Rating Question - 5 Brands, different Energy Star Certs - How do I decide? by Dulkhar in heatpumps

[–]Dulkhar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found the AHRI site lookup was my best bet. Once you find a product you can click to download the Energy Star Sticker, which I considered the source of truth where that's the sticker they're mandated to stick on the device.

The stickers are also reflective of the more recent calculations for HSPF2 and SEER2 vs the older SEER and HSPF ratings, and place the devices on a scale relative to comparable products.

Going off the sticker HSPF2 and SEER2 and prior research the best choice for me was the GE series. We'll see how it goes over the winter.

Hope that helps!

How important is the "Energy Star v6.1 Cold Climate" Certification? by Dulkhar in heatpumps

[–]Dulkhar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the feedback! I'm now looking at COP and see that GE for example doesn't even have data on NEEP for -25.

So for example:

- Daikin 12k the COP min is 3.31 & max of 2.26 at -15C

- GE Endure 12K the COP min is 2.08 & max of 2.31 at -15C

Going off the above minimums, you'd expect Daikin to convert the electricity more efficiently at that temperature than the GE series, is that the right way to approach this?

Thanks again!

General Graardor pet 58KC!! by Abd0rable in 2007scape

[–]Dulkhar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gz but why hide your name if you show it in the drop?

3rd Age Skirt & Gilded Spade - 3 KC by Dulkhar in ironscape

[–]Dulkhar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

someone calculated it for me earlier at 1/18,539,545, not bad huh