To get heat in the home, there are a few options to choose from, heat pump or furnace. The best option for your situation will vary based on which advantages are most beneficial to your home and area.

A dual-fuel heat pump with a furnace will cost more than a furnace and A/C install. "A typical gas furnace with an air conditioner will be between $8,000 to $10,000," Hogan says.

Heat pumps run on electricity and furnaces run on fossil fuels, natural gas, propane, or oil. Our experts say there's no clear answer for which type is more energy efficient.

In the hierarchy of heating, heat pumps are the new kid on the block—a highly energy-efficient newcomer that both warms the air and serves as an air conditioner within a home. Furnaces, on the ...

Mike Roberts, left, and Will Hammond Jr., right, sing about the virtues of heat pumps. Heat pumps are more efficient than gas furnaces and can significantly reduce a home's carbon pollution.

In temperate weather, a heat pump uses less electricity to heat your house than a conventional heat system such as a natural gas-burning furnace. For cooling, a heat pump works like a conventional ...

New household water heaters and heating systems powered by natural gas would be phased out in the Los Angeles basin under two controversial rules that air quality regulators will vote on Friday.

E lectric-powered heat pumps, once an obscure appliance, are being hyped as the key to decarbonizing homes and buildings in California. Regulators in Sacramento and in the Bay Area are phasing out gas ...

Heat pumps are more efficient than natural gas furnaces according to the U.S. Department of Energy, since, instead of generating heat, they work by transferring heat from one space to another ...

A Mitsubishi all-electric, air-source heat pump installed to replace an Ann Arbor home's gas furnace on April 25, 2023. Even in cold winter weather, it transfers heat energy from the outside air ...

In the hierarchy of heating, heat pumps are the new kid on the block—a highly energy-efficient newcomer that both warms the air and serves as an air conditioner within a home.