Five years ago, while working at Apple as an engineer, Mary Ann Rau decided to electrify her house and move away from fossil fuels. She installed solar, a battery, an induction range, and owned an EV.

Heat pump technology has been advancing quickly in the past several years, and while sales of heat pumps in the United States dipped slightly last year, they still outsold gas furnaces. With a broad ...

A heat pump heats and cools your home, functioning like a combined furnace and central air conditioner. Because it absorbs and moves heat from the air, it is exceptionally energy-efficient and ...

Heat pumps are hot. And when the need arises, they’re pretty cold, too. These high-efficiency electric fixtures heat and cool using your home’s existing ductwork. That means they can replace a ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Thom Dunn Thom Dunn is a writer focusing on home heating and cooling. He once ...

A portable heat pump can both heat and cool a room, so you can replace an air conditioner and a space heater with a single unit. Portable heat pumps—sometimes marketed as "portable air ...