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Conserving Energy: Heat Pumps

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
238
Length of issue (in feet)
524
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Conserving Energy: Add-A-Car
  2. 2Conserving Energy: Heat Pumps
  3. 3Conserving Energy: Wingtip Sails

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
COI synopsis: Our resources of fossil fuels are dwindling fast, yet our demands for energy seem to be ever increasing: bigger, thirstier planes; greater quantities of fuel burnt just to keep us warm; and more and more fuel greedy cars. This programme looks at some new ideas for reducing our overall energy needs, in the air, in the home, and on the roads. Most domestic central heating systems rely on a boiler to provide the heat; but there’s a more efficient way of doing it. It’s called a heat pump, and works rather like the domestic fridge in reverse: by extracting heat from the cold air outside it can warm the air in the house. Yet fridges are powered by electricity and that in itself is inefficient. Now the development of the smallest turbo-compressor in the world has made possible the first gas or oil powered heat pump - more than three times as efficient as a boiler.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Engineering; Energy resources; Design
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/238
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter
Fred Goodland

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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