STANDISH, ME - SEPTEMBER 25: Aaron Sinclair, of Dave's World, installs a heat pump at the home of Roland and Dale Bois on September 25, 2018. Sinclair, who has worked installing heat pumps for two ...

With global warming becoming an urgent issue, heating our homes efficiently -- and sustainably -- has taken center stage. As winters become more unpredictable (and unexpectedly harsh), finding ...

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Sales of solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles have soared over the last few years — helping to slow global warming and take dangerous pollutants out of the atmosphere. But one technology ...

Perhaps you’ve heard: In many places, it’s really very cold out. Deep freezes hit wide bands of the US this week; snow and freezing rain have swept across northern Europe. This is all less than ideal ...

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 ...

NYS Clean Heat rebates allow homeowners in New York to save a lot of money, as thousands of dollars are offered as incentives for the installation of the heat pump until 2025. This statewide program ...

Heat pumps are a well-established technology. Now they’re starting to make real progress on decarbonizing homes, buildings, and even manufacturing. Daikin, Mitsubishi, Viessmann Now We’ve entered the ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Another major driver of anxiety is the perception the heat pump installation market is a “Wild West” with inconsistent advice ...

The devices can heat and cool homes more efficiently than furnaces and air-conditioners, but their sales have slowed because of higher interest rates and a slow rollout of federal incentives. Heat ...