Modern heat pumps, including those designed specifically for cold climates, often don’t switch to backup heat until the ...

Researchers in China have made an exciting breakthrough in cooling technology, according to a recent article published in ...

Considering a heat pump for efficient home heating? Here’s what it costs, what it offers and why it might be a great fit for ...

No dice. None of the heat pump people I called worked on ducted systems. It was wall-mounted mini-splits or nothing, apparently. I had several runs at this from about 2020 to 2023. When the 2011 ...

They knew that humidity impedes evaporation and reduces the body’s ability to cool itself by sweating. And sweat is critical: It’s responsible for up to 80 percent of heat loss from the body.

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The eight manufacturers that took part in the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge are now taking their new, improved products to market. Heat pumps are a ...

Heat pumps provide both heating and cooling, essentially taking the place of both a furnace and an air conditioner. They work by condensing and transferring thermal energy (heat) from one place to ...

Democrats called for the political temperature to be lowered earlier this year, but in the closing days of the election campaign, they have increasingly upped their rhetoric against former ...

MIAMI -- Pat Riley stood in front of 20,000 people Wednesday night. And they all seemed to be cheering as the Miami Heat officially dedicated their home court in his honor. But when it was time to ...

In cooling mode, it reverses the process, extracting heat from the indoor air and releasing it outdoors.” If your heat pump isn’t warming your home like it should, that means one or more parts ...

The planned heat pump is slated to produce up to 500,000 metric tons of steam annually. It will convert waste heat from cooling and cleaning process gases in one of two steam crackers at BASF’s ...