Merino Energy, a new startup led by a former Apple engineer, created a lower-cost heat pump that launched today.

If you aren’t familiar with heat pumps, there’s no time like the present to change that. California has announced it will begin phasing out gas furnaces in 2023, and because heat pumps use 50 percent ...

First introduced in the 1950s, heat pump installations have increased in North America, in both residential and commercial projects. In fact, the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition of 25 states, ...

To help curb climate change, President Biden has set a goal of lowering U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030. Meeting this target will require rapidly converting as many ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 77th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

Q: I am one of a growing number of Americans with a new mini-split heat pump. I have no idea how to maintain it or use it efficiently. I’ve talked with many other owners and we are all largely in the ...

While central air has become the standard of maintaining a comfortable temperature in modern homes, there are a number of options for heating and cooling your space, depending on the specifics of when ...

Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install.

The Merino Mono is priced at a single, transparent flat rate of $3,800, hardware and professional installation included, with ...

We will continue our discussion on prepping for summer with a look at the tasks you can undertake to care for your mini-split HVAC systems this week. HVAC systems 101: What is a ductless mini split ...

Ducted heat pump: A heat pump that uses ducts. If you have a furnace with existing ducts running through your house – assuming those ducts are in good shape — you can switch to a ducted heat pump ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, space heating is the number one use of energy in American homes, accounting for 45% of ...