A multi-year monitoring program of heat pumps recently wrapped up in the Yukon. While the findings have not yet been released ...
For years, heat pumps were seen as the fragile heroes of mild climates, efficient in theory but unreliable when the mercury dropped. That narrative has now collapsed under the weight of experience.
"I never shut them off all winter." Homeowner shares honest experience surviving -36 degree cold snap with a heat pump: 'It's ...
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Heat pumps date back to the 1850s and are more energy efficient than furnaces or boilers. Image: Schon via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...
Each summer, we hear about the deadly and very real danger of extreme heat. But perhaps we should be paying more attention to the impacts of wintertime cold. Researchers have discovered that over the ...
When temperatures drop, EV owners face a physics problem: Reduced battery performance and increased charging times. Fuel economy is 8% lower at 20 degrees than it is at 75 degrees in EVs ‒ and range ...