Our Water Heaters Could Help Save the Wilderness

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 03:50:22 +0000

These solutions – renewable energy, heat pumps, electric vehicles and other electric solutions –  are capable of eliminating the majority of global carbon emissions.  Whenever a furnace or water heater or gas burning car is replaced with a clean electric alternative, it builds a piece of our new clean energy system and helps slow devastating climate impacts.

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Governor Newsom Sets Bold Clean Buildings Goals

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 18:50:24 +0000

Governor Newsom’s new targets will accelerate the deployment of super-efficient heat pumps, helping to keep people safe from extreme heat while cutting their energy bills and eliminating fossil fuel pollution. To achieve these goals, the California Legislature and the Governor need to fund equitable building decarbonization programs in the State budget in August. California Governor Gavin […]

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President Biden Enlists Heat Pumps For Climate Emergency Action

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:55:30 +0000

heat pumps AC cooling climate emergencyPresident Biden included energy efficient, electric air sourced heat pumps in a laundry list of action steps to tackle the climate emergency, including a new push for offshore wind.

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Heat Pumps — Clean Energy 101

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 01:41:56 +0000

Why heat pumps are a cost-effective and climate-friendly solution for extreme heat waves and frigid winters. Summer in the northern hemisphere is just a few weeks old, but temperature records have already toppled as heat waves baked regions from Scandinavia to Japan to the United States. The heat came early in India and Pakistan this year, with weeks […]

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AutoGrid Recruits Army Of Heat Pumps For Virtual Power Plants

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:05:38 +0000

heat pumps, hot water heaters, virtual power plants Heat pumps, hot water heaters, and virtual power plants will do some serious generation-shifting on their own, with or without the Clean Power Plan (spoiler alert: without).

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