Compare costs, efficiency, climate performance and comfort to choose the right heating system for your home and budget needs.

Heat pumps run on electricity and furnaces run on fossil fuels, natural gas, propane, or oil. Our experts say there's no clear answer for which type is more energy efficient. Location plays a major ...

Bosch unveiled its IDS Ultra heat pump at CES 2024. The company said it can keep your home at the right temperature even when it drops to 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Home heating and cooling needs have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. Director of product ...

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 ...

Cold climate heat pumps were on full display on the AHR show floor and manufacturers were eager to share their progress reports in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) CCHP Challenge. “You’re going to ...

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 ...

"If it's maintained and used only as backup you might get another decade out of the thing." ...

Do heat pumps work reliably during long winters in colder regions like Ticonderoga? A HelloNation article examines how cold-climate heat pumps are designed to improve winter performance and energy ...