water heat pumps for heating is used to analyze the efficiency of on-off heat pumps, multi-
compressor heat pumps and heat pumps with inverter compressor, integrated by electric
heaters as back-up system, in the service of several buildings located in different Italian
climates. The paper points out the importance of a good dimensioning of the heat pump as a
function of the building energy signature and of the climate of the city where the building is …