Many technicians believe the only way to verify refrigerant charge on a heat pump in heating mode is to recover the existing refrigerant charge and weigh in the factory charge. However, most ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he sometimes suffers from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do - the facts that he gathers may or ...

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast from Vox Media ...

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Scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute ISE and a consortium of heat pump manufacturers have achieved a new efficiency record in their development of a low-refrigerant propane refrigeration ...

In researching and writing about building products for our publication Environmental Building News over the past 20-plus years I’ve had an opportunity to cover some fascinating breakthrough products ...

Until recently, hydronic contractors have managed to avoid heat pumps with few professional consequences. But heat pumps are an important part of the future of hydronic heating and cooling (yes, ...