Heat pumps may no longer enjoy the same level of federal spotlight they did under the previous administration, but their appeal remains strong across the board. In 2024 — and in four of the past five years — heat pumps outsold gas and oil furnaces by 30%, according to the latest AHRI shipment data. And according to David Rames, senior product manager at Midea, the trend is real. “In 2020, air conditioners outsold heat pumps by 73%. Now jump forward to year-end 2024 — a/c outsold heat pumps by 35%, so heat pumps have basically dug into that by half.” This upward heat pump trend was made clear in a study conducted by energy data startup 257. According to its analysis of EIA and AHRI data, roughly 25 million U.S. homes currently use heat pumps.

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