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Heating costs - Heat pump beats oil and gas

Feb. 19, 2007 - Germany - The online magazine "FOCUS online" has published a comparison of annual heating costs for five heating systems. The results clearly demonstrate the advantage of ground source heat pumps versus oil, gas, wood pellets, and thermal solar.

Annual heating costs (Status: 1 February 2007)

  • New building (one-family house, 120 square meters, heat demand 50 kWh/m2a)

    - Heat pump with borehole heat exchangers: 1337 Euro
    - Oil condensing boiler: 1733 Euro
    - Gas condensing boiler: 1771 Euro
    - Wood pellet boiler: 1818 Euro
    - Gas boiler plus thermal solar: 2162 Euro
  • Existing building (retrofitted one-family house, built in the 60s, 120 square meters, heat demand 100 kWh/m2a)

    - Heat pump with borehole heat exchangers: 1606 Euro
    - Wood pellet boiler: 2021 Euro
    - Oil condensing boiler: 2082 Euro
    - Gas condensing boiler: 2194 Euro
    - Gas boiler plus thermal solar: 2495 Euro

More detailed information (in German) are to be found on the FOCUS online website.


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