I'm a european (with a heat pump), but i tried it anyway.
I entered :
- Zip 56714
- 2500 sqft
- 4 occupants
- 1 boiler
- no aircon
- natural gas
and the result was :
Switching to a heat pump will increase your cost by... $257.28 per year
So i'm not entirely sure it works as you intended, or natural gas is much cheaper than electricity. Over here, Natural gas is currently at €2.96/m3 (about 2.5x the price last year), and every calculation we've made based on the heat pump vs natual gas shows it will reduce our annual bill by about 50%.
I've had the heat pump for 6 months, and while it was spring/summer with reduced need for heating, the total consumption of the heat pump in those 6 months has been around 900 kWh, and i estimate around 2000 kWh for the winter. (2000 sqft house, well insulated compared to US standards)
I entered :
- Zip 56714
- 2500 sqft
- 4 occupants
- 1 boiler
- no aircon
- natural gas
and the result was :
Switching to a heat pump will increase your cost by... $257.28 per year
So i'm not entirely sure it works as you intended, or natural gas is much cheaper than electricity. Over here, Natural gas is currently at €2.96/m3 (about 2.5x the price last year), and every calculation we've made based on the heat pump vs natual gas shows it will reduce our annual bill by about 50%.
I've had the heat pump for 6 months, and while it was spring/summer with reduced need for heating, the total consumption of the heat pump in those 6 months has been around 900 kWh, and i estimate around 2000 kWh for the winter. (2000 sqft house, well insulated compared to US standards)