For this month’s edition of the Yale Climate Connections Editors’ Corner, we got together to talk about the climate-friendly, energy-efficient, all-electric replacement for furnaces and air ...

Nearly all contractors are getting questions from homeowners about heat pumps, which now, on average, account for 33% of installation jobs last year. But there’s still a sizeable chunk of homeowners ...

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 ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Nearly half of residential buildings in the U.S. were constructed before 1973, when building code energy standards were virtually nonexistent. As a result, most homes and residential buildings still ...

A heat pump heats and cools your home, functioning like a combined furnace and central air conditioner. Because they absorb and move heat from the air, heat pumps are exceptionally energy-efficient ...

These water heaters are far more energy-efficient than conventional options. We put 10 models to the test. By Yasmeen Khan Heat pump water heaters have been around for decades, but it’s only recently ...