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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Successfully introducing GHPs into the market It’s imperative to foster a friendly environment for introducing GHPs and other natural gas emerging technologies into the market. To do so, LDCs must develop and share a collaborative vision of the role of natural gas in the future to demonstrate their understanding that electrification of building thermal loads is not the only path to decarbonization. These efforts will be further supported by generating public awareness of the low carbon benefits of natural gas and its future role to consumers, trades and policy makers. Providing support to commercialized products is key, even though they currently have limited backing from LDCs and efficiency organizations. LDCs can support existing commercialized products in a variety of ways, including engaging and aiding technology developers to advance commercially available products; educating trades on commercialized and pre-commercialized GHP products, installation practices and how they differ from other technologies; and encouraging LDC customer representatives and strategic teams to provide product education, and engage and support trades and customers. Facilitating updated codes and standards and product category development efforts is another critical activity to ensure GHP market entrance is smooth. This can happen through collaboration with DOE and NRCan; sharing test data; and influencing test procedures and methodologies. Primarily for commercial-sized applications, it’s important to educate regulators to continue allowing non-GHP equipment (e.g., condensing boilers) as part of cost-effective central plants with efficiencies greater than 100%, rather than prohibiting non-GHP equipment, as these “hybrid” systems with GHP and conventional gas-fired equipment are more cost effective in handling peak thermal loads. LDC ACTIVITIES & COLLABORATION The supply side is focused on building a minimal viable product—a product with just enough features to satisfy early customers—knowing over time the product will advance to include additional features. LDCs would be wise to work collaboratively to develop and release product specifications for GHP technologies and support an emerging technology awards program for GHP technologies. LDCs should provide guidance on GHP performance expectations, along with features and benefits through product specifications while stopping short of prescribing how manufacturers and technology developers develop products. In other words: LDCs offer supply-side actors a common set of product specifications, allowing supply-side actors to choose the best approach to meeting product specs. Further areas of collaboration Additionally, LDCs should consider these approaches to collaboration: Continually tracking research, lab testing, demonstration and pilot activities across North America Developing pilot plans with LDC partners and sharing results across GHP categories and regions Establishing common programs requirements, expectations, and market and incentive strategies (where possible) Creating common trade workforce development plans Sharing evaluation results and lessons learned to inform planning and refinement activities Presented by: Brio and GTI 8 It is recommended to include tiers in the specifications to push for higher feasible performance. For example, NEEA provides tiers in their Advanced Water Heating Specification, including: Tiered efficiency requirements, with a modified method of testing to reflect local climatic conditions Minimum acceptable product features that aggregate with each tier (e.g., ENERGY STAR compliance) Installation types permitted Sound levels and other potential nuisances Grid-interactive responsivenessPDF Image | GAS HEAT PUMP TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET ROADMAP
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