With the polar vortex and arctic blast hitting most of the country this week, people are looking for ways to warm up and keep the chill out. If you don’t have a furnace to heat your home, it’s more ...

A common refrain is that they’re only effective in mild climates. We put that idea to the test. Credit...Photo illustration by The New York Times; Shutterstock Supported by By Sofia Quaglia Heat pumps ...

Heat pumps work more efficiently than furnaces, but they don’t actually produce heat. Instead, they transfer heat from outdoors to indoors via a refrigeration system similar to that in an air ...

It's cold this week in Tennessee and with a winter storm preparing to hit the state and much of the South it is important to keep warm. A winter storm at the beginning of the week ushered in frigid ...

Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, electric vehicles and climate change. He's also the author of the nonfiction book, "Morally Straight: How the Fight for ...

Heat pumps are essential for ditching fossil fuels. The appliances are many times more efficient than even the best gas furnaces, and they run on electricity, so they can draw power from renewables ...

Heat pumps are electric appliances that can both heat and cool your home. Scientists see them as a climate solution because heat pumps reduce planet-heating emissions. They cut pollution from burning ...