Micah Parkin wanted to quash her home’s carbon pollution to help fight climate change. So she took a familiar step among climate-inclined homeowners: She got a heat pump — just not the typical variety ...

Summers are famously humid in New York State, but life in the Maioli household has gotten more comfortable since the couple installed a new heating and cooling system — one that isn’t well known yet ...

Energy bills are rising throughout the country, and consumers are looking for tech solutions that can help reduce their monthly electric and gas costs. To help consumers, Illinois legislators have ...

Mike Fleming was always interested in geothermal energy — how it works, how sustainable it is, and how efficiently it can ...

The deployment of geothermal heat pumps (GHPs) at mass scale could decarbonize heating and cooling and save energy in US buildings, according to a report conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and ...

Outside of Round Hill, Va., Gary Breads's rural home overlooks fields and forests that fold into the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Large windows across the back of the yellow French ...

Geothermal systems are being installed in residential and commercial buildings across Louisville, from major projects to single-family homes. The trend is bolstered by a 30% federal tax credit and a ...

Researchers at the University of Padova in Italy have proposed to improve the performance of residential air heat pumps with air-geothermal heat exchangers and have found this combination may reduce ...

If you're looking for an energy-efficient way to heat and cool your home, one option is a geothermal heat pump. So what exactly is a geothermal heat pump? Simply put, a geothermal heat pump is a ...

A US government report looked at the cost savings and grid effects of the mass installation of heat pumps. The result: lower energy bills. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's ...

Heat pumps function similarly to refrigerators or air conditioners, which take warm air from one space and send it to another. In the winter, a heat pump transfers heat from the outdoors inside and, ...