Both a heat pump and an air conditioner have pros and cons, along with some minor and major differences. Knowing the differences can help you determine which might work best for you.

Heat pump vs. air conditioner: which is a better option? As electricity costs surge amid what is expected to be one of the hottest summers on record, what can you do to cool off?

Help is at hand though courtesy of [petey53], who made his own ground source heat pump for his Toronto house using a pair of window-mounted air conditioning units.

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The heat inside the testing chamber is cranked to 90 degrees Fahrenheit to test how quickly and quietly an air conditioner can cool the space by 10 degrees.

Heat pumps are ubiquitous in the form of air conditioners. Scientists just invented one that avoids harmful refrigerant gases.

Heat pumps provide both cooling and heating, typically pay for themselves in energy bill savings, and can allow you to ...

Sales are growing so quickly that some installers wonder whether heat pumps could even wipe out the demand for new air conditioners in a few years and put a significant dent in the number of ...

This top-tier portable heat pump and air conditioner is clever, quiet but definitely not cheap ...

The Infinity 26 air conditioner (Model 24VNA6) and Infinity 24 heat pump (Model 25VNA4) with Greenspeed Intelligence by Carrier boast industry-leading features and numerous innovations with 12 patents ...

Daikin Industries Ltd. and other Japanese air-conditioning makers are ramping up production in anticipation of greater sales of heat-pump systems in Europe, where energy prices are soaring and ...

Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning has developed a residential dual fuel heat pump system that combines an air source heat pump and a gas furnace. The manufacturer says the furnace is ...