Jon is a senior editor covering artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling.

Help is at hand though courtesy of [petey53], who made his own ground source heat pump for his Toronto house using a pair of window-mounted air conditioning units. A custom copper “trombone ...

your heat pump will do the opposite and release heat from your home to the outdoors, much like a traditional air conditioner.

There are three different types of heat pump systems: air-to-air, water-sourced and geothermal. An air source heat pump system uses the air outside your home to transfer heat inside. These are ...

A fan in the heat pump then distributes the warm air through ducts or tubes throughout a building. In the summer, a ground-source heat pump reverses the process, taking the warm air out of the ...

For instance, air-source pumps may be budget-friendly but struggle to warm homes during particularly frigid weather. A heat pump is a home appliance that regulates indoor temperatures by pulling ...

you can use your existing duct system to move the air from your heat pump. And you don’t actually need ducts: Air-source heat pumps are also available in the form of ductless mini-splits.

South Korea-based heating solutions provider Navien has released a new air-source heat pump for residential applications. “Our new heat pump is extremely quiet with soundproof insulation and can ...

I've seen firsthand how heat pump hot water systems can slash energy bills. My own utility costs dropped by $450 last year ...