Think your energy bills are high when winter is at its coldest or summer is at its hottest?
A key way to make heating less energy intensive and reduce fossil fuel emissions?
Develop technologies that can heat large buildings more efficiently, like heat pumps.
That’s the focus of anaccelerator programannounced Wednesday by the Department of Energy.
Why heat pumps matter
Residential heat pumps are a big deal, and they keep getting bigger.
Theyoutsold gas furnaces last year.
The technology is also fairly simple.
And because they’re more efficient thanelectric furnacesor older air conditioner models, they use less energy overall.
Consider some recent research on how heat pumps could save people on individual residential energy costs.
