For a full year I have lived in a house that has one of these.

It’s a hot summer and I’m delighted that it can not only heat but also keep my place cool!

Now I got an email from my electricity provider that during the last weeks (I was at home most of the time) my electricity consumption was roughly twice of what it usually is.

Hence my question: compared to its heating capabilities, does a heat pump use much more electricity for cooling?

I’m not looking for a scientific breakdown.

edit:

Thanks for all replies so far. Cooling seems to be trickier than heating and I should keep my windows closed, which just feels wrong during summer… but apart from that cooling does not use more energy than heating.

  • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 days ago

    No, they don’t. The increase on electric consumption is because of another factor in your house. If family is on summer vacation that could be why. Sometimes people forget that by virtue of having free time, they spend more time inside and generally use more gadgets, items, electronics, etc. for entertainment. That do increase the electricity use. A working and studying family spend over half of the day elsewhere. That’s halve of the same electric use as a family that’s watching tiktok, playing videogames and watching TV inside the entire day.