wffurr 3 hours ago

You already dump waste hot air into your kitchen from the refrigerator during the summer. Is this much different?

It does seem a little silly to have these chains of heat pumps all working in various directions. I read about "cold district heat" in a sibling comment which circulated lukewarm water to use as a heat sink or source with heat pumps. Maybe something similar could be done with a water or refrigerant loop through the house. Probably not economical to do all the plumbing though.

  • lm28469 2 hours ago

    > you already dump waste hot air into your kitchen from the refrigerator during the summer. Is this much different?

    Heating water is very energy intensive, fridges are a rounding error compared to water heaters