Heat Pump

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Moving heat around. A heat pump doesn't create heat like a furnace does, it moves heat from one place to another using electricity and a special cycle similar to how refrigerators work.

The magic cycle. Inside a heat pump, a liquid refrigerant gets compressed and expanded over and over, which lets it absorb heat from outside air or ground and release that heat inside your home.

Hot and cold at once. While a heat pump warms your home in winter, it cools one space down as part of the same process, which is why it's so efficient at both heating and cooling.

Different power sources. Some heat pumps run on electricity using mechanical compression, while others called absorption heat pumps use thermal energy like hot water or steam instead.

Super efficient heating. Heat pumps can be more efficient than traditional heaters because they move existing heat rather than burning fuel to create new heat from scratch.