Cheddar News anchor Shannon LaNier visited Westchester County, New York for a closer look at how some families are saving on energy by installing heat pumps.
Many experts consider electrically-powered heat pumps a green alternative to gas heat. They have both air conditioning and heating functionality and work by pulling air from the outside. They also happen to be relatively quiet.
"How much could someone save on their energy source here? I mean, it's gonna be different for every house, but ultimately, if you have the system sized appropriately and use the correct eligible technology, you can see some good savings based on the efficiency," said Watson Milliston, energy efficiency specialist at Con Edison.
Just don't forget to insulate your homes, he added, otherwise those efficiency gains go to waste.
"You want to weatherize your house and just trap all that heat that you're paying good money to keep," he said.
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A cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland with 206 people on board was freed on Thursday.
Hurricane Lee is churning north and on its way to New England where it will hit coastal areas.
Caesars paid half of a $30 million ransom after a cyber attack.
The Pennsylvania inmate who escaped prison almost two weeks ago has been captured and will be charged with felony escape.
Hurricane Lee is heading north and weakening but will make landfall over the weekend and hit coastal New England.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, including the latest on Hurricane Lee.
The wife of former Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Emma Coronel Aispuro, is being released from prison on Wednesday.
The death toll from massive flooding in Libya continued to rise.
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