Lis, at NEEP, told us that by his account, the first wave of cold-climate heat pump adoption in the Northeast was in northern New England, following a spike in the price of heating fuel in the ...

Carrier's Infinity cold-climate heat pump, which is expected to go on sale in late 2024, was one of several heat pumps to go through the Department of Energy's Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge.

Modern heat pumps, including those designed specifically for cold climates, often don’t switch to backup heat until the temperature is much lower, typically around 5 degrees, he said.

The Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge was launched in 2021 as a partnership between Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the U.S. Environmental ...

There’s the pending Northwest Arctic Borough rollout, and there’s the $39 million federal grant announced in July to help homeowners in Southcentral and Southeast Alaska purchase heat pumps.

The first heat pumps to pass the U.S. Department of Energy's Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge might be in customers' homes by the end of the year.

The field-testing phase of the Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Technology Challenge is over, and eight manufacturers that took part are in various stages of bringing new, Challenge-certified heat ...

Then, late last week, as forecasts called for a pipe-bursting arctic blast, he said to himself: “OK, ... a cold-climate heat pump couldn’t get the temperature much above 60 degrees.

But modern cold-climate heat pumps are designed to perform in much more frigid weather, with the US Department of Energy noting they are a “legitimate space heating alternative in colder regions.” ...

If you live in a colder climate, it's important to understand how these heat pump systems function in extreme temperatures. Unlike traditional heating ...

Heat pumps are emerging as an important tool for helping to thwart climate change—not just in the south, but all over the country: They’re much more energy-efficient than traditional heating ...