Forget the basic backsplash—a tile heat shield is the smarter way to guard your kitchen walls in style. Here's how to install one the right way.

Heat pumps have annually outsold gas furnaces for several years now, and with the recent introduction of more high-efficiency, cold-climate, air-source heat pumps, that trend is likely to continue.

Is the searing summer heat forcing you to crank up your A/C and electric fans, leading to soaring energy costs in your home? Check out this cool idea for reducing the indoor temperature, thereby ...

You don't need to call an electrician. Gradient's 120-volt All-Weather Heat Pump is easy to install on your own and plugs into a standard outlet. Jon covers ...

Choosing the right heating system for your self build or renovation isn't just a case of weighing up if you want radiators or underfloor heating. Instead, it's a decision that will be based on a ...

COLD CLIMATES: At a recent conference, ACCA’s Ed Janowiak explained how to properly size heat pumps for cold climates. (Staff photo) At the recent HVAC Excellence National HVACR Education Conference ...

With global warming becoming an urgent issue, heating our homes efficiently -- and sustainably -- has taken center stage. As winters become more unpredictable (and unexpectedly harsh), finding ...

Jacquelyn Gill spent most of her youth and early 20s in Vermont, and she remembers just a few summer days a year where temperatures turned sweltering. “We’d have to bring the fans out,” she says.

When Jack Schniepp’s furnace began to fail this winter in his two-story Bend home, he and his wife decided they’d tear it out and replace it with a heat pump. “We wanted to do it for climate-related ...