New energy incentives make this a great time to install or upgrade a heat pump.

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A heat pump functions as a typical air conditioning system in the cooling mode — absorbing heat from indoors and rejecting it outdoors. In heating mode, the coils reverse their functions. The outdoor ...

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, ...

Heat pumps – heating and cooling systems that run entirely on electricity – have been getting a lot of attention recently. They’ve been called the “most overlooked climate solution” and “an answer to ...

Heat pumps have gained a taste of celebrity status as the most energy-efficient way to heat and cool a home. Heat pumps are so efficient that experts argue swapping out your heating and cooling ...

The new pump has no moving parts. “Instead, it relies on thermoacoustics, the interaction between sound waves and heat, to move thermal energy,” Interesting Engineering writes. The pump uses that ...

As cooler months come in, you may be considering buying a heat pump for your home. But before doing that, there are some key considerations to think about.

If you want to heat or cool your home, a heat pump seems like the logical solution. Here's everything you need to know to decide whether getting one makes sense for your home. Andrew King Contributor ...

As we head into the colder months, HVACR technicians need to understand the fundamentals of defrost control board operation. While there are many types of defrost control boards on the market, they ...

The Quilt heat pump matches the efficiency of other Energy Star competitors and qualifies for government rebates. But unlike the others, it actually looks good too. Andrew Blok covered home energy, ...