Heat pumps operate by moving heat from lower temperature areas to higher temperature areas. They typically take advantage of an electrically driven compressor and a closed vapor compression cycle.

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, ...

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 ...

Heat pumps, which both warm and cool buildings and are powered by electricity, have been touted as the answer to curbing greenhouse gas emissions produced by homes, businesses and office buildings.

Electric vehicles (EVs) have a shortcoming that often isn't discussed as much as the general benefits of an EV. EVs have a notoriously hard time adapting to cold climates, and as a result, battery ...

Illinois-based heat pump manufacturer Enertech has announced a new geothermal heat pump for residential applications. The variable-speed water–to–water (WV) system has a heating coefficient of ...

Many homeowners face rooms that never feel quite right and power bills that rise with every season. They come across the term “inverter heat pump” in ads and rebate flyers, yet the idea sounds like ...

This heat pump was installed at a home in Prince Edward Island. They can act as a replacement for a furnace and/or air conditioner. While the upfront cost may be more money, climate change consultant ...

The use of environmentally damaging gases in air conditioners and refrigerators could become redundant if a new kind of heat pump lives up to its promise. A prototype, described in a study published ...

One HVAC tech shared in the r/HVAC subreddit that even in single-digit temperatures, a heat pump they'd installed kept a ...