Operating an oil heating system not only wastes a non-renewable resource, but production, storage and transport cause damage to the environment on a large
scale as well. If you then consider the high maintenance costs and the irresistible
rise in the price of oil, you can only arrive at a single conclusion:
Oil as an energy resource belongs irrevocably to the past.
Oil heating
Heat pump
Economy
– Rising oil price
– Expensive oil tank necessary
– Maintenance of tank and boiler
– Chimney sweep
+ Low on maintenance
+ No dependence on oil and gas
+ 75 % free environmental energy
+ No chimney sweep
+ Funding available
Long-term prospects
– Finite resource
– Dependence on foreign supplies
+ Inexhaustible ambient heat
+ Reliable supplies of electricity
Environmental compatibility
– Higher CO2 emissions
– Pollution due to oil production and
transport
+ No emissions on site
+ Kind to environment thanks to CO2 reduction
CO2-Reduzierung
Cleanness/safety
– Odour nuisance
– Dirt and soot
– Flame in the home
+ Odourless
+ No soot, dust or dirt
+ No flame
Progressiveness
– Fossil fuel
+ Technology of the future
Comfort
– Large tank has to be installed
– Cellar or other room is occupied
