UK scientists designed a new heat pump concept that they claim could be particularly beneficial to newly developed areas or potential residential complexes. The system uses ice or ice slurry as the ...

Is it hard to get out of bed, because it's so cold in your house? If your heater has been struggling to keep up with the sub-freezing temperatures, many Triad homeowners can relate. PHVAC explained ...

Researchers from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom have developed a residential ice-source heat pump system that uses repurposing existing gas pipelines to transport water for the ice ...

But what if the future of warm, cozy homes lies in freezing water? As outlandish as it seems, an English research team is working on a heat pump that runs off actual ice … well, more like slushies. It ...

A heat pump doesn't generate heat; it transfers it from one place to another. It's an appliance with a bright future in an ...

Midea has a little secret about cold climate heat pumps. “It’s all about the compressor.” Speaking at a press conference at the AHR Expo, David Rames, senior product manager at Midea America Corp., ...

Homeowners looking for an energy-efficient alternative to traditional air conditioners in the spring and summer months (and furnaces in the winter) might want to invest in a heat pump. It's a type of ...