Gradient’s Heat Pumps Get New Smarts To Enable Old-Building Retrofits
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Gradient’s Heat Pumps Get New Smarts To Enable Old-Building Retrofits
If you live in a century-old apartment building, you know the struggle: sweltering in winter when radiators blast, shivering in summer with no AC. Now, smart heat pumps with breakthrough window-unit designs are solving this decades-old problem—without tearing down walls or rewiring entire structures. These systems deliver precise heating and cooling while slashing energy use by up to 25% through intelligent building-wide management. Credit: Gradient New York City alone houses over one million pre-war apartments stuck with inefficient steam radiators or clunky window AC units. Nationwide, nearly 40% of residential buildings were constructed before 1980, predating modern HVAC standards. Retrofitting them has long been cost-prohibitive—until now. Gradient's horseshoe-shaped heat pumps, paired with new Nexus software, enable landlords and housing authorities to upgrade comfort and efficiency without structural overhauls. Why Old Buildings Resist Modern HVAC Upgrades Retrofitting century-o…
