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 ...

Heat pumps are one of the most energy-efficient ways to heat and cool a home, but not all systems perform the same. In this ...

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 ...

Jon is a managing editor for CNET's news and AI teams. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has ...

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 ...

The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why. By Hilary Howard Heat pumps, which both warm and cool buildings and are powered by electricity, have been ...

Some homeowners looking to switch out their heating and cooling systems are turning to home geothermal — also known as ground source — heat pumps. It's a technology that relies on a simple physical ...

A new study looks at how changing home heating and cooling systems could save you money and slash carbon emissions. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers from G. O. Loop of Fox Lake install a horizontal loop field about 8 feet below the surface for a geothermal heating and ...

Researchers in Italy have found that combining residential air heat pumps with air-geothermal heat exchangers may reduce power consumption by up to 30%. They tested the proposed combination using ...

Efficient new electric heating and cooling equipment have seen a miniboom across Long Island over the past two years, on the back of increased subsidies for heat-pump and geothermal systems as the ...