Is this thing on? It's never a bad idea to call your gas utility for help when lighting the pilot on your gas wall heater. (Karen Garcia / Los Angeles Times) The recent drenching rains and the future ...

Newly-manufactured indoor residential gas furnaces will have to be at least 95% efficient starting in late 2028 under a new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In an effort to save ...

Skipping the manufacturer's instructions during installation may result in a furnace that fails within six months or less. For example, heat exchangers can crack from improper venting, and gas valves ...

Your furnace's job is keeping you warm. Get to know the parts of a furnace so it will do that job better and last a lot longer.

After Alice Parker received the first central air heating system patent in 1919, it didn’t take long for other home heating innovations to appear. The first coal-fired wall furnace, designed to ...

Heat pumps, long overlooked in the world of heating, are attracting new interest from companies and consumers as momentum builds to cut the use of fossil fuels. Unlike furnaces fueled by natural gas ...

Money is a sticking point in climate-change negotiations around the world. As economists warn that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will cost many more trillions than anticipated, WSJ ...

Progressives get upset when critics accuse the Biden administration of trying to ban gas appliances. They would have a much better case if the Biden administration didn’t keep banning gas appliances.

The recent drenching rains and the future storms predicted to hit Southern California are enough reason to stay home where it’s dry and warm. For many renters, though, keeping the house warm means ...