Greening, Benjamin; Azapagic, Adisa - In: Energy 39 (2012) 1, pp. 205-217
This paper presents the results of a life cycle assessment of domestic heat pumps in the UK in comparison with gas … boilers. The study considers air (ASHP), ground (GSHP) and water (WSHP) source heat pumps. The results show that heat pumps …. can be saved with the WSHP and 6% with the ASHP in comparison with the boiler. Among the heat pumps considered, ASHP have …