Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Could we use volcanoes to make electricity? – ...

Discover the key differences between heat pumps and furnaces, including energy efficiency, cost, and climate suitability.

New flats in Cardiff are the first residential buildings in the city to get heat and hot water from a new steam-powered green ...

The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station. Geothermal power has long been popular in volcanic countries like Iceland, where hot water bubbles from the ground. Gretar Ívarsson/Wikimedia Commons ...

If you’ve ever seen yourself through a thermal imaging camera, you’ll know that your body produces lots of heat. This is in fact a waste product of our metabolism. Every square foot of the human body ...

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 ...

At a recent meeting of the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSPHA), Enertech business development manager Rob Derksen shared tips for how HVAC contractors can become better at ...

The increasing adoption of renewable energy mandates by countries around the world has led to massive investment in the green energy sector, although for now, energy generation in the U.S. is still ...

The Fraunhofer ISE has designed a novel method for assessing the potential of low-temperature heat sources for large-scale heat pumps. The five-step process was tested on the German city of Fellbach, ...

It doesn’t take a lot of energy to dig up coal or pump oil from the ground. By contrast, most renewable sources of energy involve obtaining and refining resources, sophisticated manufacturing, and ...