An international research team has fabricated a heat-driven thermoacoustic heat pump prototype that is claimed to achieve a heating capacity of 5.7 kW and a coefficient of performance of 1.4, with a ...

Heat pump installations in Britain are accelerating rapidly. More than 60,000 systems were installed in 2024, a 43 per cent increase on the previous year, and with the government’s Boiler Upgrade ...

Historically, having a washer and a dryer in your house requires “a hookup.” You need hot and cold water for the washer as well as a drain for wastewater. For the dryer, you need either gas or — in ...

In December a survey in the UK asked 2,500 homeowners whether they would consider getting a heat pump at home in the future. Only 2% said they had one, and 18% said they’d likely make the switch. But ...

Scientists from China have developed a novel optimization method for medium-depth ground source heat pumps, using an improved chaos particle swarm optimization. They coupled it with either a heat ...

Outside a 100-year-old house on the edge of the Peak District in northern England, a heat pump’s fan blades are swiftly spinning. They’re drawing outdoor air over coils of refrigerant, harvesting ...

Heating and cooling your home make up the biggest chunk of your home's energy costs. But not enough people are considering a heat pump as a solution. The Energy Information Administration data shows ...

As we move towards greener energy, everyone wants their energy bills to drop and their money to go further. But are air source heat pumps really the answer? Aileen Pollard of Morpeth Plumbing and ...

A change to planning rules is set to make it easier for heat pumps to be installed in homes. Previously, a key planning restriction meant heat pumps had to be 1 metre from a neighbour's property, but ...

All new Tesla electric vehicles come with heat pumps as standard nowadays, and this makes a big difference when it comes to cold weather efficiency and range. In a new video posted on its YouTube ...

Cold climate heat pumps were on full display on the AHR show floor and manufacturers were eager to share their progress reports in the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) CCHP Challenge. “You’re going to ...