heat pump
noun
: an apparatus for heating or cooling (such as a building) by transferring heat by mechanical means from or to an external reservoir (such as the ground, water, or outside air)
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To comply with the regulations, many building owners will have to replace existing fossil fuel appliances, such as gas furnaces and boilers, with electric alternatives, such as heat pumps and water heaters.
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
For example, the Inflation Reduction Act made an investment in clean energy with efforts including a tax credit of up to $2,000 for equipping your home with an electric heat pump for heating and cooling and another for 30% of the cost of installing rooftop solar, geothermal, or battery storage.
—Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
This far outweighs the cumulative impacts of recycling or going vegan while at the same time making acts like buying an electric vehicle or installing a heat pump more effective.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The Trump administration could try to roll back federal incentives for home heat pumps and other electric appliances, as Akielly Hu reports for Canary Media.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
For example, the Inflation Reduction Act made an investment in clean energy with efforts including a tax credit of up to $2,000 for equipping your home with an electric heat pump for heating and cooling and another for 30% of the cost of installing rooftop solar, geothermal, or battery storage.
—Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
This far outweighs the cumulative impacts of recycling or going vegan while at the same time making acts like buying an electric vehicle or installing a heat pump more effective.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The Trump administration could try to roll back federal incentives for home heat pumps and other electric appliances, as Akielly Hu reports for Canary Media.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Heat pump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20pump. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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