Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, electric vehicles and climate change. He's also the author of the nonfiction book, "Morally Straight: How the Fight for ...

With winter in full swing, your eye-watering energy bills might have you looking at alternative forms of heating. Heat pumps promise lower emissions, and potentially lower costs. With many European ...

The Merino Mono is priced at a single, transparent flat rate of $3,800, hardware and professional installation included, with ...

Air conditioning bills are spiking and as climate change starts to impact more parts of the country, air conditioners are running for longer periods. Now millions of Americans are starting to install ...

Climate tech startup Gradient tells Fast Company exclusively how it retrofitted a Providence apartment building to slash ...

CLIFFORD, N.D. — In 1991, Nancy Drew and her husband Jim Erickson installed a ground source heat pump on the family farm while completely remodeling the house. "It was just a smarter system than fuel ...

This will be the first time that the technology will be available for homes.

Dear Jim: I should replace my old heating/cooling system with a more efficient one. With gas prices going up, shortages of propane, etc., is installing a geothermal heat pump wise and what types are ...

MINNEAPOLIS-- When Emily McPherson bought her Minneapolis home, it didn't have air conditioning. Installing the necessary infrastructure for typical A.C. installation was expensive, so her family ...

"No complaints is a good thing!" ...