Heat pumps
Heat pumps outperform boilers and furnaces — even in the cold
Some utilities and fossil-fuel interests like to say heat pumps don’t work in the cold. A new study provides yet more evidence to debunk that myth.
Heat pumps
Heat pumps
A beginner’s guide to the different types of heat pumps
Air-source, ducted, mini-split — what does it all mean? Canary Media explains some of the most common heat-pump concepts.
Under the hood of a high-efficiency mini-split heat pump (Dennis Schroeder/National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
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Electrification
Chicago to fund electric stoves and heat pumps for lower-income homes
The $15 million initiative is expected to help remove fossil fuel appliances from at least 200 households that might not otherwise have the means to do so.
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Heat pumps
Proposed rule change could supercharge sales of heat-pump water heaters
The DOE plans to update efficiency standards for water heaters, a move that could spur mass adoption in U.S. households and make a big dent in emissions.
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Heat pumps
Heat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its target
The chilly New England state blew past its goal to install 100,000 heat pumps by 2025. Now it's pledging to install 175,000 more by 2027.
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Heat pumps
Replacing ACs with heat pumps: A backdoor way to decarbonize heating
The idea has huge emissions-slashing potential, and regulators across the U.S. are starting to take it seriously.
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Heat pumps
Steam made by heat pumps can help clean up industry and manufacturing
Startup AtmosZero wants to make all-electric, high-efficiency heat pumps the technology of choice for industrial heat.
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Heat pumps
Chart: Here's how the US could get heat pumps in every home by 2050
A new report from Rewiring America lays out the pace of heat-pump deployment that will be needed to hit the country's ambitious climate targets.
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Guides and how-tos
DOE's new tool helps you get your share of the climate law's billions
The Biden administration launched a hub to walk you through the process of accessing Inflation Reduction Act incentives for energy audits, heat pumps, EVs and more.
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Heat pumps
This new training program will put people to work as heat-pump installers
A Philadelphia nonprofit is gearing up to prepare its first group of trainees for one of the energy transition's most crucial jobs.
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Energy efficiency
Airbnb will help some hosts pay for new heat pumps
A pilot program in Massachusetts will give Airbnb vacation-rental owners $2,500 to install air-source heat pumps and make their properties more energy-efficient.
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