It’s extracting heat energy and moving it outside to be exhausted.
The only thing I’m thinking about when it comes to air conditioning in my house is trying to keep cool without breaking the bank. That’s not always an easy proposition when you’re living where I do. From June through September, the temperatures can sit right near the century mark. That’s not all though. The heat comes with a full and complete serving of humidity as well. That’s what makes this weather feel all that much more oppressive. But that’s what it is and some acceptance of the heat goes a long way toward managing it. Of course, so does a heat pump. When you open the door in the summer, there is a chorus of heat pumps singing out through the neighborhood. And that’s the way it stays. Residential HVAC is completely conventional to the point that everyone not only has it but takes it for granted. And really, when you look into what a heat pump does, it’s quite amazing. This thing has been around since the turn of the 20th century. Essentially, a heat pump moves heat energy from one place to another using a combination of amazing engineering and physics. So that’s what the heat pump is doing in our homes during the summer. It’s extracting heat energy and moving it outside to be exhausted. That allows for cooler air to replace it and that’s basically how air conditioning works. Of course, there is more to it than that when it comes to all the HVAC equipment but that’s the function of the heat pump. And I for one am not going to take it for granted any longer.