Heat pumps are often talked about as a single technology type, but in practice, there are two main systems used in UK homes: air source and ground source. Both systems work on the same principle, ...

Ground-source heat pumps, which tap into the stable temperatures found hundreds of feet beneath the Earth’s surface, are a super-efficient way to heat and cool homes. They’re also quite expensive to ...

Staying at home is no longer quite the money saver that it used to be, is it? Sure, it's possible to save a few pennies by keeping some cold ones in the fridge, and the cost of a Netflix subscription ...

Federal incentives for home energy improvements are running out at the end of the year, so it’s decision time for anyone who has been thinking about a heat pump. The right decision can depend on where ...

Researchers in Italy have designed a novel carbon dioxide heat pump that can work with photovoltaic-thermal energy, a finned coil heat exchanger and a U-tube borehole heat exchanger. Their experiment ...

Geothermal checks almost all of the boxes — it’s sustainable, utilizes American soil, and there are plenty of tax incentives and rebates to support it. But despite all of its promises, it’s not ...

A project underway in New Haven shows the potential of the system, which harnesses heat beneath the earth. But it's not suitable everywhere.

It’s 100 degrees outside on a late August afternoon at Colorado Mesa University (CMU) in Grand Junction. But for those of us touring campus, we hardly notice because the geothermal cooling inside the ...

Federal incentives for home energy improvements are running out at the end of the year, so it's decision time for anyone who has been thinking about a heat pump. The right decision can depend on where ...