Smart Heating Solution

You can reduce heating costs without feeling cold. Utilizing spot-price electricity control, the heating function of the heat pump can be managed to operate during hours with lower hourly electricity prices, thereby shifting consumption away from peak hours. Similar functionality could be applied to cooling as well. To fully leverage this feature, customers must also possess a valid spot-price electricity contract.

Home HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems, including heat pumps, air conditioners and water heaters, contribute to 10% of the world’s electricity usage. Within the European Union, households primarily utilize energy for home heating, constituting 64.4% of the final energy consumption in the residential sector, with water heating following closely at 14.5%. Thus, there is a clear benefit in optimizing heating. However, the majority of HVAC systems have limited functionality, lacking the capability to adapt to fluctuating energy prices.

We have conducted trials of heat pumps in collaboration with several customers to develop a smart heating solution. Optimizing the heat pump control based on the spot price of electricity is likely to lower customer’s electricity bill.

The feedback we received helped us determine that the solution demonstrates the anticipated results. Currently, this is being developed to become an additional smart feature on Ignitis EnergySmart app.

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