Wednesday 29 May 2013 19.01 EDT. The war in Afghanistan has cost Britain at least Â£37bn and the figure will rise to a sum equivalent to more than Â£2,000 for every taxpaying household, according to a devastating critique of the UK's role in the conflict. Since 2006, on a conservative estimate, it has cost Â£15m a day to maintain Britain's military presence in Helmand province.
1 B. Ducted heat pumps have an outdoor unit connected to a buildingâs ductwork. 2  Like ductless heat pumps, ducted heat pumps can both heat and cool buildings. 3  Ground-source heat pumps or âgeothermalâ heat pumps draw heat from the soil or groundwater and transfer it to a ducted air distribution system or radiators. Low-cost heat â The cost of heating with a heat pump is similar to heating with natural gas or wood. 2  This is typically half the cost of heating with oil, kerosene, electric baseboard or propane. 3  Click here to compare heating costs of different heating systems.
As it turns out, a heat pump can both heat and cool, and in some applications, it's preferred to separate heating and cooling systems. Simply put, a heat pump is a device that uses a small amount of energy to move heat from one location to another. Not too difficult, right? Heat pumps are typically used to pull heat out of the air or ground to heat a home or office building, but they can be reversed to cool a building. In a way, if you know how an air conditioner works, then you already know a lot about how a heat pump works. This is because heat pumps and air conditioners operate in a very similar way.