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Hybrid Heating and Cooling Systems

Hybrid Heating And Cooling Systems
Regular cooling and heating systems that rely on gas or electric boilers together with air conditioners and furnaces have been very popular in the past years. It actually became a norm in many countries including USA. Nowadays we can see the trend change because energy prices keep climbing and climate change becomes a topic that needs to be addressed. We can see specialists trying to look for green energy sources and cheaper solutions together with trying to protect nature. With this in mind, hybrid heating and cooling systems are trying to become very common. Such a system is one that uses more than one energy source in order to function. The reason behind using them stands in the fact that alternative sources of energy are difficult to obtain or expensive. By combining more than one source cost effectiveness is increased.

The question that needs to be asked is why would you want a hybrid heating and cooling system? Let us take a clear example to discuss the answer. If you use solar thermal panels for heating requirements you will immediately see that it is very difficult to heat the entire house just by using them. It is possible but hard to achieve. You would need a lot of panels, a home that is close to 100% isolated or a huge tank. In most cases you would actually need to have all of the above mentioned elements. Because of this you can always use a solar panel system combined with a gas or electric boiler. Combine them and you get a very effective hybrid heating and cooling system.

Just as with the above example, a lot of combinations can be done and creating a hybrid heating and cooling system means you will use the best out of 2 or more included energy sources. Also, the example above is the most used hybrid heating and cooling system around the world. Many people are turning to alternative sources of heat generating elements and use regular heating systems when there are colder or cloudy (in the case of solar panels) days. Another example is using a mixture between an electric based heating system and a gas heating system. The latter one will be used on those cold days and the first one whenever needed for a short period of time. Hybrid heating and cooling systems usually offer a great combination of effectiveness and cost efficiency and that is why they are so popular.