electrification
June 20, 2024
Creating Your Home Electrification Plan: A Step-By-Step Guide
Your values should guide your electrification journey. But with a clear project timeline mapped out, you can budget for upgrades, replace old appliances before they fail, and maximize cost-saving incentives.
Read ArticleApril 9, 2024
Decarbonize Your Hearth with an Electric Fireplace
Advances in technology mean that our homes can use less energy without anyone noticing, and without sacrificing our quality of life.
Read ArticleJanuary 30, 2024
We Are the Rare, Repeat Heat Pump Water Heater Customers
We’ve embraced heat pump water heaters on our journey to electrify completely. And we were among the first in the US to buy and install a plug-in, 120V heat pump water heater
Read ArticleJanuary 25, 2024
Heat Pump Clothes Dryers: Low-Impact Laundry
Heat pump clothes dryers are an exciting, relatively new electrification technology. One can cut perhaps 10% of your household energy use.
Read ArticleNovember 15, 2023
We Are the Rare, Repeat Solar Customers
Our most recent installers joked that they don’t usually have repeat customers. We installed solar in 2010, 2012, and 2016.
Read ArticleAugust 30, 2023
Let Us Count the Ways We Love Induction
An induction range will put you on the path to superior, clean cooking. And it’s key to a decarbonized life.
Read ArticleJune 23, 2023
Demand Response Technology: Key to Decarbonizing Multifamily
In multifamily residential buildings, demand response technology is a powerful tool to help balance the strain on the grid and reduce the need for utilities to resort to peaker plants.
Read ArticleJune 18, 2023
Heat Pumps Pave the Way to Zero Carbon
Heat pumps can both heat and cool your home. And where they’re powered solely by renewable energy, they produce zero operating carbon.
Read ArticleMay 16, 2023
The Unsung Success Story of Increased Efficiency (And Why We All Need More of It)
Advances in technology mean that our homes can use less energy without anyone noticing, and without sacrificing our quality of life.
Read ArticleJanuary 19, 2023
Electrifying? You May Not Need an Electrical Panel Upgrade
Abandoning gas for all-electric appliances? The electrical panel is the unsung hero of any home electrification project.
Read ArticleJanuary 19, 2023
DOE Targets Air Leaks in Path to Zero Carbon
Nationwide analysis gives policymakers and business owners insight to target specific regions, housing segments, and technologies for efficiency and electrification upgrades.
Read ArticleDecember 8, 2020
Causes for Optimism
One thing everyone agrees on: 2020 has been hard to take. In spite of protests, pandemic, and politics, there are some spots that burn brighter amidst the darkness. Here are a few developments on the path to zero that deserve our gratitude, support and celebration.
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