Heat pumps now equip over half of new U.S. apartment buildings

Census data shows 2025 marked the first year heat pumps appeared in more than 50 percent of newly constructed apartment buildings, signaling a shift away from fossil fuel heating in residential construction.

First covered Aug 20, 2026 · 12:30 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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37d Canary Media US apartment buildings have tipped toward heat pumps — Heat pumps are a key way to get fossil fuels out of buildings — and the tech recently notched a win in the U.S. housing market.

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Appeared in: 2026-08-20 (#1) · 2026-08-21 (#15)

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