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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In January, Edward Miliband, Britain’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, unveiled the Warm Homes Plan, a £15 billion ($20 billion) investment to cut energy bills and emissions by upgrading millions of homes with insulation, heat pumps, and solar panels.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
The facility is complete with 15 total acres of gardens and uses solar panels, reed-bed sewage systems, ground-source heat pumps, and rainwater harvesting.
—Elle Meier, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
Installation costs can reach into the tens of thousands of dollars, which is why most federal and state policies promoting heat pump adoption have focused on defraying them.
—Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Air source heat pumps use the air temperature to regulate that process while geothermal heat pumps use the ground temperature, which is much steadier than the air.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
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Simmone Shah, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
The facility is complete with 15 total acres of gardens and uses solar panels, reed-bed sewage systems, ground-source heat pumps, and rainwater harvesting.
—Elle Meier, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
Installation costs can reach into the tens of thousands of dollars, which is why most federal and state policies promoting heat pump adoption have focused on defraying them.
—Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Air source heat pumps use the air temperature to regulate that process while geothermal heat pumps use the ground temperature, which is much steadier than the air.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Heat pump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20pump. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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