Heat pumps promise cheaper, cleaner heating – but does the reality live up to the hype? We assess Octopus Energy’s Cosy system on cost, comfort and customer experience ...

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, ...

Heat pumps work best when they’re part of a well-prepared home, to be installed when the building envelope is attended to; ...

ELECTRICITY CAN be made from the sun, the wind or the atom rather than by burning fossil fuels. Cars, buses and perhaps even lorries can be powered by batteries rather than petrol or diesel. But other ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Across the country, heat pumps are quietly replacing traditional furnaces and air conditioners as the default choice for new ...

Table of Contents Introduction Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings Environmental Impact Versatility in Heating and Cooling Initial Installation Costs Performance in Extreme Temperatures Maintenance ...

When the gas furnace suddenly stopped working at their house in Denver last winter—just before a polar vortex hit—Chad Fleck and Betsy Kummer decided that they wanted to replace the heater with an ...

How to apply for a UK heat pump grant in 2026 - The UK Government offers a £7,500 heat pump grant to help households switch to low-carbon heating. Find out how the subsidy works, who qualifies, and wh ...

Heat pump permitting currently varies drastically across California’s 600 jurisdictions, with a patchwork of local requirements that make the system slow, expensive, and complex.