With winter in full swing, your eye-watering energy bills might have you looking at alternative forms of heating. Heat pumps promise lower emissions, and potentially lower costs. With many European ...

For several years, heat pumps have outsold gas furnaces in the United States. Instead of burning fossil fuels to generate warmth, these appliances use electricity — ideally provided by renewable ...

MINNEAPOLIS-- When Emily McPherson bought her Minneapolis home, it didn't have air conditioning. Installing the necessary infrastructure for typical A.C. installation was expensive, so her family ...

NEW YORK -- For 27 years, the heat in Regina Fred's Queens apartment building came from a noisy steam radiator that she couldn't control and sometimes didn't come on at all, leaving her shivering.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The heat pump installation rules will change on 29 May, potentially making it easier and quicker ...

CLIFFORD, N.D. — In 1991, Nancy Drew and her husband Jim Erickson installed a ground source heat pump on the family farm while completely remodeling the house. "It was just a smarter system than fuel ...

Heat pump installation has to become more affordable to make adoption more compelling in the US, but in the meantime, there are ways to mitigate that cost. Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s ...

Girard Heating and Air Conditioning recently completed a comprehensive heat pump retrofit project at Brook Farm Inn, a ...

Support reporting that keeps Vermonters informed and engaged in our communities. A heat pump is shown on the exterior of a building. Photo courtesy of Efficiency Vermont Vermonters are installing cold ...

Now, attention is turning toward industries that burn fossil fuels in boilers to process food, textiles, and a bevy of other goods. In addition to producing almost a quarter of the nation’s directly ...