A New Hampshire company will use a federal grant to bring space-worthy compressor technology down to Earth to better heat and cool people’s homes. The $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of ...

Heat pumps function similarly to refrigerators or air conditioners, which take warm air from one space and send it to another. In the winter, a heat pump transfers heat from the outdoors inside and, ...

A heat pump heats and cools your home, functioning like a combined furnace and central air conditioner. Because they absorb and move ambient heat rather than burning fuel (or using energy-hungry ...

The government wants Britons to embrace heat pumps. But will they ever make financial sense for the average user?

Cost: $10,712 for heat pump system, $7,500 for insulation and $7,150 for electrical panel upgrade and wiring Incentives: None for heat pump; $550 rebate for wall and attic insulation from Energy Trust ...

Heat pumps – heating and cooling systems that run entirely on electricity – have been getting a lot of attention recently. They’ve been called the “most overlooked climate solution” and “an answer to ...

What I learned about what to buy, how to save and what to avoid before plugging in a heat pump water heater.

TOLEDO, Ohio — With temperatures plummeting in the last few weeks, people have once again been thinking about how to keep the air in their homes nice and comfortable. In homes around northwest Ohio, ...