A heat pump requires space around the outside unit so it can pull air into your home, but if the unit is blocked, this can ...

Owning a heat pump offers numerous benefits, from year-round comfort to energy savings, but like any system, it requires ...

You spend money to purchase natural gas to run your boiler(s) to create steam and hot water to cook, par-boil or pasteurize your product—then you use more energy to chill and freeze your product ...

Hundreds of Times readers wrote to us and shared their experiences of installing heat pumps, including the good, the bad and the daunting. By Christopher Flavelle Last month, I shared my story of ...

So over time you'll find yourself paying more through your bills for a vented dryer than if you’d paid more up front for a heat pump dryer. Vented dryers are also trickier to install, as they have ...

It’s no secret that heat pumps of the past struggled to sufficient heat spaces when the outdoor temperature was especially cold, but that has all changed, as today’s technology is far superior to its ...

A true winter disaster is when it's freezing outside whilst flooding inside ... it’s recommended to winterize your pump before the first hard freeze, typically around late October or early ...

The same concept powers your refrigerator. But geothermal heat pumps, instead of tapping the volatile and inefficient air outside for that thermal energy, use the much more consistent temperature ...

This represents a significant shift in building services infrastructure." The report examines heat pump functionality in detail. Air-source heat pumps extract heat from outside air and transfer it ...

The only major difference is that a heat pump has a reversing valve, which allows it to also heat homes. Therefore, the appliances are useful all year round, heating spaces in the winter, extracting ...