Heat pumps are becoming more prevalent due to their energy efficiency and environmental benefits. As countries work toward reducing carbon emissions, heat pumps offer a sustainable alternative to traditional heating systems by using electricity to transfer heat rather than generating it through combustion.
To better understand heat pump use, the LATENT project was developed to provide an accessible analysis interface for a database repository on heat pump data.
The data are provided by an industry collaborator. This is combined with metadata on the household where the heat pump is installed and data on the weather. The software ports the data into a Postgres database which has been designed for easy access via R-Studio, which is the preferred tool for analysis.