Ductless Heat Pump Pilot

Idaho Power is participating in a Ductless Heat Pump Pilot offering customers
a $1,000 cash incentive for the installation of a ductless heating and cooling
system.

What is a ductless heat and cooling system?

A ductless heat pump is a highly efficient zonal heating and cooling system
that does not require the use of air ducts; it is easily installed as a new
primary heat source for electrically heated homes.

What are the benefits of having a ductless heat pump?

A ductless system is energy efficient and can help you save money on your monthly
electric bill. Ductless heat pumps are designed to heat and cool homes at lower
cost than baseboard or wall heaters. They are quiet and heat rooms evenly, eliminating
hot and cool spots, making living areas more comfortable. Ductless heat pumps
can operate using 25 to 40 percent less energy than electric resistance, depending
on your home’s circumstances

You may be eligible for the Ductless Heat Pump Pilot incentive if:

your home’s primary heat source is electric: baseboards, wall heaters,
ceiling heat (electric forced air furnaces and heat pumps are not eligible),

you contract to have a qualified ductless heat pump installed in the main living
area of your home by a participating contractor.

Additionally, three key factors that account for the high efficiency of ductless
heat pumps are:

1.Ductless heat pumps allow the user to control each heating/cooling zone independently,
eliminating the costly over-heating and cooling common to central air systems.
Central air systems can lose as much as 30 percent efficiency through air leaks
and conduction in the ductwork, ductless heat pumps distribute air directly
into each zone, which can result in up to 25 percent greater efficiency.

2.Ductless heat pumps use inverter-driven variable speed compressors that allow
the system to maintain constant indoor temperatures by running continuously
at higher or lower speeds, allowing the system to ramp-up or down without great
losses in operating efficiency, avoiding the on/off cycling common in electric
resistance and forced air systems.

3.Modern ductless heat pumps have very high Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratios
(SEER), usually between 16 and 22, and Heating Seasonal Performance Factors
(HSPF) between 8.5 and 11.

*Definitions, benefits and statistics found at www.goingductless.com.