Editorial · Data · Engineering
HeatPumpScore Editorial Team
The people who build the HeatPumpScore database, write the editorial content, and keep the scoring formula honest.
The HeatPumpScore editorial team is responsible for the per-zip dataset, the scoring formula, and every word of editorial content on this site. We pull residential electricity and natural gas prices from the EIA Open Data API, climate normals (HDD, CDD, 99% winter design temperature) from the NOAA 1991–2020 dataset, heat-pump performance curves from the DOE Building America Solution Center, rebates from DSIRE, and certified cold-climate models from the ENERGY STAR / NEEP qualified-products list. The verdict that comes out of the formula is the one we publish — even when it says NOT YET.
We are transparent about what we are and what we are not. We are editors, data practitioners, and a mechanical-engineering background on the methodology side. We are not licensed HVAC contractors, and we never quote a contractor we did not interview. Every claim about heat-pump payback, cold-climate viability, or rebate stacking is grounded in the federal sources above. When the data is too noisy to give a confident verdict for a zip code, the page says NOT YET — we do not paper over uncertainty with marketing language.
Everything we publish is versioned. The formula constants are documented in the methodology page, calibration changes are logged with the date and the reason, and quarterly data refreshes pull from the latest EIA/NOAA/DOE/DSIRE/ENERGY STAR pulls without silent rewrites.
Specializations
- EIA Open Data — Energy Information Administration
- NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals
- DOE Building America Solution Center
- DSIRE — Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency
- ENERGY STAR / NEEP cold-climate qualified products
- Heat-pump payback and cold-climate viability modeling