Heat pumps can be an excellent heating solution after ensuring proper system selection and design and installation practices.

"You're looking specifically for a cold climate inverter heat pump, which can be done ducted or ductless." ...

If you want to heat or cool your home, a heat pump seems like the logical solution. Here's everything you need to know to decide whether getting one makes sense for your home. Director of product ...

Resistive heat is an option, but it means a very high electric bill, so you don't see it as much nowadays, except as the "auxiliary/emergency" heat in combination with a heat pump (a heat pump becomes ...

Electric HVAC systems can help you keep your home comfortable using a fraction of the energy. We spoke to experts to find out just how efficient they are. When you’re trying to lower your utility ...

A heat-pump water heater, heat-pump clothes dryer, and low-flow plumbing fixtures were also part of the strategy. But the green appliances and tight envelope would’ve fallen far short of Passive House ...

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 home geothermal heat pump is sold on a 7-year payback promise, but drilling costs run 50–70% of the total bill and bedrock can push it past $48,000.

In the United States, home heat pumps have been gaining traction (and government subsidies) as highly energy-efficient replacements for gas-fired boilers and furnaces. They vary in size, but most of ...