This home appliance uses fuel -- often natural gas, which consists primarily ... homeowners are likely to ask when comparing a heat pump and a furnace is which costs more. First, your costs ...

What is a furnace, and what is a heat pump? "A furnace is usually powered by natural gas, and it works by burning gas to produce heat," shares DR Richardson one of the founders of Elephant Energy.

They're more efficient than gas and oil heat and better for the climate. But they're not cost-effective where electricity is expensive.

In homes around northwest Ohio, that has largely meant natural gas or propane furnaces. But there is a new type of heating system that is becoming more popular: the heat pump. Although more ...

"It means we get off natural gas. So not only is that a benefit ... goals that we have in the UK." The Citgen heat pumps are about to be switched on Heating the UK's 30 million buildings currently ...

More American households are moving to heat pumps, which have outsold gas furnaces in recent years ... which found that it cost less to use natural gas in a new home compared to going all-electric.