Learn how to prepare your home for heat pump installation, including electrical readiness, insulation checks, space planning, and energy-efficiency considerations.

Heat pumps have annually outsold gas furnaces for several years now, and with the recent introduction of more high-efficiency, cold-climate, air-source heat pumps, that trend is likely to continue.

Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, electric vehicles and climate change. He's also the author of the nonfiction book, "Morally Straight: How the Fight for ...

Air conditioning bills are spiking and as climate change starts to impact more parts of the country, air conditioners are running for longer periods. Now millions of Americans are starting to install ...

A heat pump heats and cools your home, functioning like a combined furnace and central air conditioner. Because it absorbs and moves heat from the air, it is exceptionally energy-efficient and ...

Heat pumps have become a kind of Rorschach test for the future of home comfort: to some people they are a climate solution, to others an expensive gamble. What rarely makes it into the marketing copy ...

CLIFFORD, N.D. — In 1991, Nancy Drew and her husband Jim Erickson installed a ground source heat pump on the family farm while completely remodeling the house. "It was just a smarter system than fuel ...

Heat pumps are hot. And when the need arises, they’re pretty cold, too. These high-efficiency electric fixtures heat and cool using your home’s existing ductwork. That means they can replace a ...