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HSPF

Heating Seasonal Performance Factor. This rating is used in measuring the heating efficiency of a heat pump by taking in account the variations in temperature that can occur within a season and is the average number of BTU of heat dispatched for every watt-hour of electricity used by the heat pump over a heating season.

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Heat Transfer

The movement of heat energy from one area to another. The means for such movement are convection , conduction, and radiation. Heat will flow naturally from a warmer to a cooler space or material.

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Hertz

A measure of the number of cycles or wavelengths of electrical energy per second; U.S. electricity supply has a standard frequency of 60 hertz.

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