While you may not be playing with fire (as you would be with a furnace), heat pump installations are still pretty complex.

Heat pumps are the single biggest tool for U.S. households to cut carbon emissions and curb unhealthy air pollution .

On the other hand, even a well-maintained heat pump heater will have a lifespan closer to 15 years. If you already have a central air conditioning system in your home, swapping it for a heat ...

The Biden administration introduced new consumer tax credits for climate-friendly heat pumps. What does a Trump ...

Seattle homeowners can earn up to $4,000 in bonus rebates after switching to electric heat pumps. A recent announcement from ...

became a central talking point for the emerging far right. Right-wing groups claimed that heat pumps cost up to 100,000 euros (nearly $109,000) and only worked if homes had underfloor heating.

Eddie Curran, CEO of GreenFox Energy, argues that the high cost of grid electricity makes heat pumps unfeasible unless paired with solar panels.

They're more efficient than gas and oil heat and better for the climate. But they're not cost-effective where electricity is expensive.

Even allowing for the relative inefficiency of a gas boiler, to match the running costs of gas central heating a heat pump would have to be more than three times as efficient. And although heat pumps ...

[Danilo] built a setup more reminiscent of a central HVAC system to control his. Based on an ESP32 from Adafruit with an integrated TFT display, the device is placed away from the heat pump to ...

The COP, in terms of her central heating, is staying near to 4, she adds. Heat pump performance is not really a significant barrier to adoption in the UK, suggests Mari Martiskainen, director of ...