Modern heat pumps, including those designed specifically for cold climates, often don’t switch to backup heat until the ...

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

All eight manufacturers in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge have completed field testing to demonstrate energy efficiency and improved heat pump ...

The eight manufacturers that took part in the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge are now taking their new, improved products to market. Heat pumps are a ...

Heat pumps are 3 to 5 times more efficient than gas, fueled-heating systems and electric resistance heating and so can lower ...

[Photo: Quilt] When the company’s marketing and communications directors started at the company about a year ago, they both ...

The University of Maryland has developed coil technology and software programs that aid AAON's R&D efforts, particularly in creating cold climate ... the DOE's heat pump technology challenge.

By converting these homes from electric baseboard heating to cold climate heat pumps, which operate with very high efficiency, NOVAIR’s technology can reduce electricity demand significantly.