Economics
Economic comparison fossil vs. heat pump.
Compare purchase and running costs of a fossil heating (gas, oil, LPG) with a heat pump over 20 years.
Inputs
- Energy carrier, annual consumption, and fuel price of the current heating
- Heat pump purchase cost, funding, SCOP, and electricity price
- Yearly fixed costs of both heatings
- Optional: Photovoltaics – simply as a share of the heat pump’s electricity, or in detail with yield and self-consumption
Check inputs
Values from consumption, quick sizing, and the funding calculator are already filled in; below each field you see where the value comes from.
PV optional
With PV enabled, choose between the simple and the detailed entry.
Result
“Save & continue” opens the result: payback, advantage over 20 years, total cost over time, and costs per year.