A heat pump doesn't generate heat; it transfers it from one place to another. It's an appliance with a bright future in an ...

Heat pumps are being sold to consumers as a way of cutting carbon emissions from homes - but are they suitable for older or ...

Heat pumps offer a more efficient way to keep homes warm in winter and have been touted as a key technology in the fight against climate change. Sales of the machines in Europe grew to 3 million units ...

Oyvind Solsta’s “light bulb” moment with heat pumps came upon reading that the heat they produce far exceeds the amount of electricity that goes in. Installing a heat pump in his house in the hills of ...

Heat pumps, which generate heat to homes in place of gas-fired furnaces, are getting more use nationally. They’ve been touted as a tool that can cut both greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. The ...

When Jack Schniepp’s furnace began to fail this winter in his two-story Bend home, he and his wife decided they’d tear it out and replace it with a heat pump. “We wanted to do it for climate-related ...

The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why. By Hilary Howard Heat pumps, which both warm and cool buildings and are powered by electricity, have been ...

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- American homes and businesses that burn natural gas to heat water or living space generate almost a tenth of all US emissions. The solution for lowering that footprint can be ...

Dismantling coal plants will be the easy part as Colorado stretches to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. We have just a handful of them. The last one, Comanche 3, in Pueblo, is to close by the end ...

Colin and Sue Ferguson’s near-Passivhaus standard home fell from an A to a C rating - Stuart Nicol Colin Ferguson’s home may well be the ultimate net zero property – at least in theory. The detached ...

Dismantling coal plants will be the easy part as Colorado stretches to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. We have just a handful of them. The last one, Comanche 3, in Pueblo, is to close by the end ...