HEAT™
Heating Energy Decarbonization Model
Assess the Potential of Clean Heat Strategies Under Multiple Scenarios
Dunsky’s Heating Energy Decarbonization Model (HEAT™) model is designed to help our clients accurately assess the technical, economic, and achievable potential for Clean Heat strategies and programs in their jurisdictions. Utilities, governments and others leverage the power of HEAT™ to:
- Define optimized decarbonization pathways in a region, including all energy sources, sectors and end-uses, considering multiple perspectives;
- Model load impact assessments for electric utilities, including energy, demand and carbon impactsunder numerous scenarios and sensitivities;
- Forecast heat pump uptake, including all technologies (ductless, ducted or hydronic; including air-source and ground-source), and how they’ll perform in any configuration (hybrid-heating or peak-optimized all-electric)accounting for a given jurisdiction’s specific heating and cooling mix, and allowing for early replacement;
- Characterize thousands of different heat pump/end-use combinations, to fully account for the mix of baseline heating and cooling systems present in the jurisdiction, as well as the diverse array of heat pump technologies available for different contexts and needs;
- Identify key markets where conditions are favourable to heat pump adoption, and assess the level of market intervention – whether through policies or programs – necessary to spur adoption where conditions are less favourable;
- Assess the sensitivity of heat pump uptake to key market and technology uncertainties to enable risk-aware decisions.
By combining sophisticated, hourly heat pump performance modelling with granular market data and a comprehensive catalogue of technology specs, HEAT™ provides accurate adoption forecasts that are highly specific to the local context. Paired with Dunsky’s in-depth knowledge of electrification options, costs, strategic insights and clear reporting, HEAT™ empowers our clients to make and defend informed decisions about their heating electrification programs, policies and strategies.
Heating electrification, when paired with other clean energy options, is critical to achieving climate and other goals nationwide. We invite you to ask us more about how HEAT™ can provide you with reliable and credible results that can be counted on for planning, regulatory and policymaking purposes.
