Electric HVAC systems can help you keep your home comfortable using a fraction of the energy. We spoke to experts to find out just how efficient they are. When you’re trying to lower your utility ...

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

Get a firsthand look at how a Pennsylvania home transformed its energy costs by making the switch to a heat pump. Heating and cooling your home make up the biggest chunk of your home’s energy costs.

Almost everyone’s power bills are going up, but if your home still relies on old-school electric resistance heat or a conventional electric water heater, you’re likely feeling it even more. A new ...

The laundry machine, color TV, the microwave – each generation has their life-changing home appliance. Ours? The humble heat pump. This simple appliance is quietly cleaning up pollution from the air ...

There’s good reason that the image of a caveman learning to control fire is such an iconic and abiding cultural touchstone—being able to control the temperature of our surroundings represents our ...

Heat pumps can reduce carbon emissions associated with heating buildings, and many states have set aggressive targets to increase their use in the coming decades. But while heat pumps are often ...

If you want to ditch your gas furnace and heat your home more cleanly and efficiently, you need to scale up one of your kitchen appliances. The first option is “electric resistance heating,” better ...

Installing heat pumps, which use electricity to heat and cool air, is a key part of Massachusetts' plan to get homes off of fossil fuels. (Miriam Wasser/WBUR) Using an electric heat pump in ...