Zero Energy Homes: Tunneling Through the Electrification Cost Barrier in Cold Climates

…in cold climates, and they drastically increased utility bills. Why then this big push toward electrification? Simply put, electrification is an essential strategy for achieving the aggressive climate goals laid…

           

Driving Electrification

…plan to make electrification a reality in the Northeast. Most electrification will occur through very large shifts to just a few electric technologies like electric vehicles (the most familiar) and…

           
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Electrifying? You May Not Need an Electrical Panel Upgrade

…Electrify Now. “The electrical panel is the unsung hero of the electrification project.” Electrification—switching from gas and oil to all-electric appliances and heaters—will cut CO2 and other emissions, but it…

           
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Decarbonize Your Home to Support a Greener Grid

…consumption via energy efficiency and renewable energy. In the past few years, that focus has expanded to include building electrification—which reduces our reliance on on-site combustion of gas, heating oil,…

           
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DOE Targets Air Leaks in Path to Zero Carbon

…occupants. Electrification Fossil fuel–based space and water heating must be replaced to achieve decarbonization. These are the largest contributors to energy intensity and total loads. Again, electrification is needed across…

           
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The Unsung Success Story of Increased Efficiency (And Why We All Need More of It)

…fuels that emit the greenhouse gases that are changing the climate. This is why efficiency and the electrification pathway go hand in hand. It’s much easier to electrify everything and…

           
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We Are the Rare, Repeat Heat Pump Water Heater Customers

…sales of natural gas water heaters fell. Heat pump water heaters could increase to half of all water heater sales by 2030. Propelling electrification Electricity is the only widely-available, scalable…

           

How to Decarbonize the American Household

…critical threshold we need to cross to spur large scale electrification. In the 1930s, the federal government developed programs like the Electric Home and Farm Authority to encourage adoption of…

           

Causes for Optimism

…neutral. Building Electrification: Forty California communities have banned natural gas in new construction by passing all-electric building codes, and Seattle is seriously considering similar action. Updated building codes in many…

           
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Heat Pump Clothes Dryers: Low-Impact Laundry

…“An electric dryer can use anywhere from 700 to 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. That’s about a tenth of the average American’s electricity usage,” said Joe Wachunas, electrification advocate…

           

We Electrified Everything – and So Can You!

…By removing this old heating system, we explored cleaner alternatives and discovered heat pumps, which would become a fundamental part of our overall electrification strategy, and give us the option…

           
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We Are the Rare, Repeat Solar Customers

…winter and early spring. All of our efficiency and electrification efforts, combined with our solar panels, mean we spend a mere $850 per year on energy. That’s one-fifth the national…