Home heating contributes to nearly a third of the average U.S. utility bill — more than any other system in a home. To make matters worse, home heating costs are on the rise. The National Energy ...
Lexie is a former Staff Writer at Forbes Home and has over 6 years of professional experience as a writer and editor in the home improvement space. She's previously worked at sites such as HomeAdvisor ...
When you want to save money on your HVAC costs, you may choose to investigate the benefits of installing a heat pump. Electric heat pumps give you both heating and cooling capabilities, meaning you ...
Get a firsthand look at how a Pennsylvania home transformed its energy costs by making the switch to a heat pump. Faith Foushee is a CNET contributor and a former writer for SaveOnEnergy.com, covering ...
The author’s air-source heat pump resembles an air conditioning unit, and it pictured here alongside one of the heating oil fuel tanks. Photos by Adam D. Bearup The following story covers our recent ...
To help curb climate change, President Biden has set a goal of lowering U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030. Meeting this target will require rapidly converting as many ...
Heat pumps, long overlooked in the world of heating, are attracting new interest from companies and consumers as momentum builds to cut the use of fossil fuels. Unlike furnaces fueled by natural gas ...
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This article was originally featured in Knowable. It was an engineering problem that had bugged Zhibin Yu for years — but now he had the perfect chance to fix it. Stuck at home during the first UK ...
U.S shipments of gas furnaces, a/c units, and air-source heat pumps all fell sharply in June compared to the same month last year, while shipments of oil furnaces and residential water heaters were up ...
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