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by eisa01 3 hours ago
Agree

Especially as air conditioning are heat pumps.

Would have helped solve the large dependency on natural gas heating for free as a byproduct!
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basisword 2 hours ago
In the UK my understanding is there are large subsidies for installing heat pumps in new builds - but you lose the subsidy if you include the cooling part.

NB: a friend in construction explained this to me so I could be wrong but it would explain why even pretty fancy new apartments with heat pumps have no cooling.

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jdkoeck 2 hours ago
Same in France. The trick is to wait for a control visit, and then turn on the cooling.
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