For many Americans, installing a heat pump to heat and cool a home can lower household bills in addition to reducing emissions. But in some places, that financial advantage has a big weak spot: winter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heat pumps run on electricity and furnaces run on fossil fuels, natural gas, propane, or oil. Our experts say there's no clear ...

A Virginia retrofit pairs propane and electric to eliminate resistance heat, cut energy costs, and deliver consistent comfort ...

As heat pumps gain popularity in the U.S., a new study out of France provides additional evidence that heat pumps are both an ...

Heat pumps can reduce carbon emissions associated with heating buildings, and many states have set aggressive targets to ...

That’s one goal of Michael Garrabrant, founder and CEO of Stone Mountain Technologies Inc. (SMTI), which has been building ...

Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has unveiled a new heat pump intended for use in industrial processes with heating and cooling requirements. The German ...

An international research team has conducted a computational analysis on propane (R290) vapor compression heat pumps integrating a thermoelectric subcooler (TESC) to reduce the power consumption of ...

Heat pumps run on electricity and furnaces run on fossil fuels, natural gas, propane, or oil. Our experts say there's no clear answer for which type is more energy efficient. Location plays a major ...