In particular, widespread adoption of heat pumps — a kind of reversible air conditioner that can replace both your AC unit and your gas furnace — could reduce heating and cooling greenhouse emissions ...

A heat pump is a low-carbon way to heat your home. It's a sustainable replacement for fossil-fuel heating such as gas, oil or LPG, and can significantly reduce your household's carbon footprint. In ...

April 2022 saw the introduction of government grants designed to help householders to install heat pumps as replacements for gas boilers. This technology is likely to become an increasingly popular ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Sales of super-efficient electric heat pumps are rising, now overtaking sales of gas furnaces in the U.S. But what are heat pumps? And why do some call them a key climate solution? Here are the ...

Ultraefficient heat pumps need to replace more than gas furnaces. They have to replace inefficient space heaters as well.

Heat pumps are having a moment in the spotlight—or as close to one as a heating and cooling appliance can get. Whether it’s ducted heat pumps, mini-splits, or even geothermal systems, there’s a buzz ...

The Industrial sector constantly seeks innovative solutions to enhance efficiency. As per statistics by US Energy Information Administration the industrial sector accounted for 33% of total energy ...

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I love my heat pumps. I love them mostly in summer because I know home air conditioning is a true gift, even in Maine, where unbearable heat is rare. But when I learned about the multi-functional ...