A German research group has proposed to use reinforcement learning (RL) to optimize the utilization of heat pumps (HPs) for space heating in big apartment complexes. RL is a type of machine learning ...

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 ...

Heat pump installations in Britain are accelerating rapidly. More than 60,000 systems were installed in 2024, a 43 per cent increase on the previous year, and with the government’s Boiler Upgrade ...

The residential heat pump market is affected by a range of forces, from incentive programs to improvements in technology to the trend among some homeowners toward remodeling their homes rather than ...

Heat pumps offer a net-zero heating and cooling solution, powered by electricity from renewable sources. Governments worldwide are phasing out gas boilers and introducing incentives to promote the ...

Something radical is happening in suburban homes right now. Families are quietly cutting their heating and cooling costs by hundreds of dollars each year, and most of their neighbors have no idea. The ...

For the last few years, much of the focus on cold climate heat pump (CCHP) technology has centered on air-source ducted systems, which are designed to deliver efficient, comfortable heating, even in ...

The UK sees heat pumps as critical to meeting its 2035 climate targets as they remove fossil fuels from the heating and cooling equation. They are estimated to halve the carbon emissions from heating ...

A change to planning rules is set to make it easier for heat pumps to be installed in homes. Previously, a key planning restriction meant heat pumps had to be 1 metre from a neighbour's property, but ...