Heat pumps are an efficient way to heat and cool your home, but they require regular maintenance to operate at peak efficiency. Neglecting their upkeep can lead to reduced performance and higher energy costs. In this blog post, we'll guide you through the steps to clean your heat pump effectively and highlight the importance of regular maintenance.

Understanding the internal components of a water heater is crucial for building owners who want to ensure their systems run efficiently and last longer. Each part plays a specific role in heating and delivering hot water throughout a building. Moreover, incorporating advanced technologies like Gigawatt’s Flowmix can further enhance a water heater’s efficiency and lifespan. Let's explore the essential parts of a water heater and understand how Flowmix can make a significant difference.

CHICAGO – Gigawatt announces today the exclusive Michigan and Illinois distribution rights to Ephoca’s through-wall heat pumps. Ephoca's all-in-one (AIO) through-wall heat pumps are changing the game of energy-efficient heating and cooling by drastically simplifying the installation process and offering a sleek alternative to standard mini-splits. The innovative technology has no outdoor compressor or refrigerant line sets. Ephoca solves the challenge of retrofitting buildings without balconies and opens doors for decarbonizing multifamily apartment units across America.

Discover the ideal hot water tank size for your multifamily building. This article offers expert insights to help you calculate hot water demand and select the perfect capacity, ensuring comfort and efficiency for your residents. Finding the right hot water tank size for your multifamily property is critical for meeting demand, energy efficiency, system longevity, space utilization, and safety regulations.

Tankless water heaters, also known as on-demand water heaters or instantaneous water heaters, are innovative appliances designed to provide hot water as needed WITHOUT the use of a storage tank. Unlike traditional water heaters, which continuously heat and store water in a large tank, tankless water heaters heat water only when there is a demand for it, such as when a faucet is turned on or an appliance requiring hot water is activated.

The 83-unit, 4½-story building, 1800 W. Bethune St., is set to reopen Feb. 1 as the Bethune Lofts with asking rents on the lower end of what is typically found in newly built or rehabbed buildings in the city. The building also features unique and energy-saving heat pumps for heating and cooling in its apartments that are more commonly found in Europe, although starting to catch on in North America.

Heat pumps have emerged as a promising heating and cooling technology in achieving a cleaner and greener future for our coming generations. But are heat pumps worth the investment in 2023? In this comprehensive article, we'll explore the history, science, types, advantages, drawbacks, and financial aspects of heat pumps to help you make an informed decision about whether to invest in heat pumps for your multifamily buildings.

As a multifamily building owner, choosing the right heating and cooling system is crucial for ensuring comfortable living conditions for your tenants, saving on electricity bills, and making the best decision for your asset in the long run. With so many options available in the market, it can be overwhelming to decide which one is right for your property. Two of the most popular options for heating your buildings are heat pumps and furnaces. In this article, we will compare both systems to help you make an informed decision.

Just like we’ve utilized SEER Rating to measure the cooling efficiency of Heat Pumps and other devices, we look at HSPF (Heating Seasonal Performance Factor) to see how efficiently our Heat pumps are functioning in cold climates. Read more on how to keep your Heat Pump effective in the Winter months.

The added rebates and federal tax credit benefits on Heat Pumps and their installation, help in offsetting the initial costs. You can bring down the initial cost of retrofitting your multifamily buildings by utilizing these rebates and reap the benefits of low energy bills for years to come. In the long run, you will enjoy an increased CAP rate and occupancy rate by tenants.

Residents of the US will be given credits to live sustainability. For example, one can receive up to $7500 to buy electrical vehicles to replace their gas vehicles or $8000 to replace fossil fuel heating and cooling systems with heat pumps.