What Remote Monitoring Revealed About Cold-Climate Heat Pumps

Field studies that logged heat pumps minute by minute found identical models performing very differently, mostly because of installation and settings rather than the equipment itself. Here are the lessons for BC homes.
Installation Faults Can Add Up to 40% to HVAC Energy Use

A 2026 field study of 83 recently installed residential systems found that most had at least one installation fault. Combined faults raised cooling energy by up to 40%. Here is what that means on a service call.