Your backup heat is supposed to be the quiet safety net in your home’s comfort system, not the star of the show. Yet in many ...

A troubled system leads the author to a malfunctioning float-type low water cutoff, and illustrates the imporance of basic ...

The pipe that will supply the heat pump, drawing water from the River Rhine in Germany, is so big that you could walk through it, fully upright, I'm told. "We plan to take 10,000 litres per second," ...

It looks a little like a sleek window AC, but a new device from Chinese appliance giant Midea is actually a reversible heat pump that can both cool and heat a home—and it’s designed to heat ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a Centralmaine.com subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

Heat pumps date back to the 1850s and are more energy efficient than furnaces or boilers. Image: Schon via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

If you have an aging furnace, you might have considered replacing it with a heat pump—the ultra-efficient technology helps shrink utility bills and can have as much climate benefit as switching from a ...

As temperatures rise and energy efficiency becomes more essential, new incentives are giving Coloradans a nudge toward cleaner and cooler homes. In a push to cut carbon emissions, Xcel Energy has ...