What’s the smartest way to heat a home in the Capital Region without driving up energy bills or sacrificing comfort?

Heat pumps just keep getting hotter. The über-efficient, emissions-free appliance outsold gas furnaces in 2024 — and by a bigger margin than ever. According to shipment data from the industry trade ...

Gas furnaces generate heat by burning natural gas. They’re available in varying sizes and energy efficiencies and produce a hot, dry heat. While still the most widely used furnaces, they’re starting ...

Homeowners should check their furnaces to ensure they are working properly and consider replacing them if they are over 15 ...

Heat pumps, long overlooked in the world of heating, are attracting new interest from companies and consumers as momentum builds to cut the use of fossil fuels. Unlike furnaces fueled by natural gas ...

When Jack Schniepp’s furnace began to fail this winter in his two-story Bend home, he and his wife decided they’d tear it out and replace it with a heat pump. “We wanted to do it for climate-related ...

Most Oregonians are anxious about climate change. But, it turns out, there’s something people can do, for the planet and for our their pocketbook. Install a heat pump. Heat pumps can help homeowners ...

If your furnace is giving off cold vibes, even when you turn the heat up, it's a sign that there's a problem. It may be an ...