Until recently an exotic device for the wealthy, today it heats an increasing number of ordinary Polish homes. The development of heat pump technology (especially air-source) has reduced costs and improved performance, making the heat pump cost-competitive, even compared to an eco-pea coal boiler. Moreover, when combined with a photovoltaic installation, it can offer almost cost-free heating (incidentally, it is one of the two most ecological \u2013 simultaneously renewable and very clean \u2013 heat sources, alongside modern wood-fired boilers and stoves). <\/p>\n\n
How does a heat pump work?<\/h2>\n\n
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Most of us have always had a heat pump at home. Every domestic refrigerator or freezer is one. As is an air conditioner. A heat pump operates on identical principles \u2013 only in reverse: instead of cooling, it heats (although it can also cool). More precisely: it is a reverse Carnot cycle, which we learned about in school in the context of the steam engine: In a steam engine, heat creates pressure, which is then converted into mechanical energy; efficiency here is rather poor, ranging from a few to maybe 30%. <\/p>\n\n
A heat pump does the opposite: mechanical energy (an electrically driven compressor) generates pressure that allows heat to be transported from a lower temperature source to a higher temperature destination (opposite to its natural flow); efficiency is also “reversed”: several units of heat are obtained from a single unit of electricity.<\/p>\n\n
This is the “magic” of a heat pump: it delivers several times more heat than the electricity it consumes. This is by no means a violation of the laws of physics \u2013 heat is not generated within the heat pump, but transported “from somewhere” \u2013 most often from the air, water, or groundwater. Hence the name: heat pump \u2013 as its operation is analogous to a water pump. <\/p>\n\n
Comprehensive service \u2013 consulting, selection, execution<\/h2>\n\n
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Galistra provides comprehensive services regarding consulting, selection, sales, as well as installation and maintenance of air-source heat pumps. We also handle the selection and installation of photovoltaic panels, custom-tailored primarily for single-family houses, generating electricity to power our households. <\/p>\n\n
We also undertake challenges related to the design and installation of heat recovery systems \u2013 you can entrust us with the implementation of mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) from A to Z. We also offer assistance in obtaining funding related to government programs aimed at promoting RES (Renewable Energy Sources) and other pro-ecological solutions, such as “Czyste Powietrze” or “M\u00f3j Pr\u0105d”.<\/p>\n\n
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