Merino Energy, a new startup led by a former Apple engineer, created a lower-cost heat pump that launched today.

For nearly 20 years, The NEWS has followed the growing popularity of the HVACR mini-split market. A glance into the archives shows the ductless industry in its North American infancy in 2000, when 12 ...

Mini-split air conditioners and heat pumps have been added to the Luxaire Acclimate™ and LX Series. The unit delivers heating and cooling to structures without ductwork, and can be used in homes, room ...

Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install.

This mini-split system was used in several rooms in this 1840 square foot house in Bainbridge Island, WA. The house was designed by Davis Studio Architecture and Design. The mini-split system was from ...

This will be the first time that the technology will be available for homes.

To help curb climate change, President Biden has set a goal of lowering U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030. Meeting this target will require rapidly converting as many ...

Ductless mini-split air conditioners offer powerful cooling without bulky window units or expensive ductwork.

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 77th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

There’s a reason for the hype around heat pumps: They hold the key to electrifying buildings, said Meg Howard, program director at Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, and could dramatically cut ...