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An air-source heat pump can deliver up to how much heat energy per unit of electricity it uses?

Up to three times as much.

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  1. Up to three times as much ✔
  2. About half as much
  3. Exactly the same amount

Why: Heat pumps move heat instead of burning fuel to make it. In winter they pull heat from outside into the house, and in summer they push heat out, so one system heats and cools.

Huh, didn't know that: In most climate zones a heat pump can be a drop-in replacement when a central air conditioner or furnace needs replacing.

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Answer: Up to three times as much. Heat pumps move heat instead of burning fuel to make it. In winter they pull heat from outside into the house, and in summer they push heat out, so one system heats and cools.

  1. ENERGY STAR: Air-source heat pumps www.energystar.gov/products/air_source_heat_pumps
    an ASHP is so efficient that it can deliver up to three times more heat energy to a home than the electrical energy it consumes
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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