Navigating High-Performance Heat Pump Retrofits - Recorded live at AHR 2025

The High-Performance HVAC Podcast by National Comfort Institute

Episode notes

Featuring:

  • David Richardson – National Comfort Institute
  • Ty Branaman – GRIT Foundation/Love2HVAC
  • Ben Lipscomb P.E. – National Comfort Institute
  • Adam Mufich – National Comfort Institute

Today’s Heat Pumps are not your grandad’s Oldsmobile. David Richardson brings together some champions of heat pump retrofits to talk about their experiences with them – including a teaser for a new upcoming NCI class! The key to good heat pump installations, whether a replacement or converting to electric heating from fossil fuels is understanding how the whole system works together, especially air distribution.

It starts with understanding the true building load, using a good load calc software. Next you select the right equipment to match the existing conditions, and updating the duct system to allow the equipm ... 

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