Heat pumps may soon outsell air conditioners in US

Published on June 26, 2026

This article is part of our ​“Chart of the Week” series . Summer is officially here — and more Americans than ever are cooling their homes with heat pumps. A decade ago, two conventional air-conditioning systems were sold for every one heat pump. Now, heat pumps are on the verge of outselling standard ACs. In…

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