{"id":111734,"date":"2022-04-13T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=111734"},"modified":"2022-04-14T08:50:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:50:50","slug":"need-hot-water-consider-a-heat-pump-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/need-hot-water-consider-a-heat-pump-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Need hot water? Consider a heat pump | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about installing a hot water heat pump to help you save money and reduce your greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. I plan to install one soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;re called &#8220;hybrid&#8221; domestic hot water heaters because they use both a heat pump and a regular element as required. They are four times as electricity efficient as regular electric hot water heaters, and as efficient as gas, and offset about 600kg of CO<sub>2<\/sub> per year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal Greener Homes Grant offers a $1,000 rebate but Maine offers them for about $500 (the regular price is about $2,600), plus Maine offers them unconnected to any complex home energy audit grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontario should step up and match Maine&#8217;s offer. It&#8217;s great to have another way to help the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Frank de Jong<\/em>, <em>Climate Action Muskoka <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think about installing a hot water heat pump to help you save money and reduce your greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. 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