Harvesting human heat (large scale heat pump)

Daox · 12-13-12, 12:43 PM

I just read this very interesting article about how they are going to harvest human heat from a very busy train depot in Scandinavia to heat an office building. This is what heat pumps are capable of doing on a massive scale. CO2 is planned to be reduced by 33% and heating costs by 25%.

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launboy · 12-17-12, 04:08 PM

I think this is a very interesting and promising idea. Not unlike some of the VRV-type heat pump systems, that take heat from one part a building that demands cooling, and uses it to heat other areas of a building, just on a much larger scale. I love to see things like this because I often look around and think how much energy is wasted just fighting other energy producing things.

Adam

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12-17-12, 04:08 PM	#2
launboy Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SE Wisconin Posts: 108 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	I think this is a very interesting and promising idea. Not unlike some of the VRV-type heat pump systems, that take heat from one part a building that demands cooling, and uses it to heat other areas of a building, just on a much larger scale. I love to see things like this because I often look around and think how much energy is wasted just fighting other energy producing things. Adam