A Times climate reporter recounts his journey to switch his home’s HVAC system to a climate-friendly heat pump. By Christopher Flavelle Reporting from my furnace room. You’ve probably heard the pitch ...

‘When you first get a heat pump installed,’ explains Geoff Shepherd. ‘It’s hard to come away from that boiler mentality of turning it on in the morning and the temperature going up and down.’ But the ...

Hundreds of Times readers wrote to us and shared their experiences of installing heat pumps, including the good, the bad and the daunting. By Christopher Flavelle Last month, I shared my story of ...

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 ...

EDF has unveiled two new projects that it hopes will accelerate the transition away from gas boilers to heat pumps in the UK, by making them cheaper and easier to install. Both projects were awarded ...