How Heat Pumps Can Bring Relief to Households

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Abstract

An estimated 230,000 low-income households in Los Angeles lack access to cooling and are projected to experience more than two months of dangerous indoor temperatures (above 86 F) by 2035. Multifamily building residents are at much higher risk of dangerous heat exposure. Through robust modeling and analysis in the LA100 Equity Strategies project, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) identified strategies that could save lives and maintain safe home temperatures for low-income households during heat waves, including the installation of whole-home heat pumps.
Original languageAmerican English
PublisherNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
StatePublished - 2024

Publication series

NamePresented at the NREL Partner Forum, 7 August 2024, Golden, Colorado

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PO-5500-90765

Keywords

  • buildings
  • cooling
  • heat pumps
  • housing
  • LA100
  • Los Angeles

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