Tag: Pumps

Predicting the Functionality of Water Pumps with XGBoost

An end-to-end machine learning project inspired by the Data Mining the Water Table Competition T This project is inspired by the Pump it Up: Data Mining the Water Table competition hosted by DrivenData. Tanzania currently suffers from a severe water crisis, with 28 percen...

Heat Pumps Are All The Rage These Days — Here Are 3 Reasons Why

Heating systems are a critical part of every home that experiences the four seasons. While the weather used to be very predictable in the past, the skies have become quite moody over the years. Climate experts say that this is because of Global Warming. When we observe adverse weather changes ...

Heat Pumps Are An Essential Wedge But Have A Hidden Downside To Fix

For many more northern cities, air conditioning used to be an option. With increasing heat waves due to global warming, it isn’t. Heat pumps provide both air conditioning and replace heating with natural gas, and the heat is cheaper in most places because one unit of electricity moves three un...

Heat Pumps are as good at Cooling as Air Conditioners. I Can Prove It.

I often say that a Heat Pump (HP) is an Air Conditioner (AC) that also heats. HPs are advantageous because they heat cheaper and cleaner than traditional equipment like furnaces, boilers, and stoves. But what about in the summer? Can HPs cool just as well as ACs for the same price?...