Heat Pump Water Heaters Save Money And Lower Emissions
A heat pump water heater can use two thirds less electricity and save homeowners thousands of dollars over its useful life.
A heat pump water heater can use two thirds less electricity and save homeowners thousands of dollars over its useful life.
I would argue that energy efficiency is hands-down the biggest opportunity in our energy ecosystem. There’s a whole lot of business opportunity in clean energy generation and storage, no matter what, but energy efficiency can eliminate a large slice of the fossil fuel/climate change pie with much less rigamarole (permitting, … [continued]
Everyone knows COVID-19 has interrupted the majority of businesses. While solar and other renewable generation companies can continue relatively smoothly (relatively) in this new era, energy efficiency, specifically in the residential space, is a very disrupted industry.
In this article, I’ll show my 35 year plan (which I started in 2010) to save a lot on energy costs and reduce my carbon footprint.
About 6 months ago, I wrote an article about how I was going to sell my home and downsize my life. Sound a little like Elon’s recent tweets? An excerpt from that article is below:
Energy efficiency. It’s the bomb. It IMMEDIATELY AND PERMANENTLY reduces carbon, often requires zero utility input or approval, and saves people money.
It’s often assumed that homeowners care more about energy efficiency opportunities than renters, but a new report, released October 30, 2017, from the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) shows that actually, homeowners and renters have similar feelings about efficiency.
Visitors know the Hawaiian islands for many things: ample sunshine, beautiful beaches, and friendly people. Residents know these things as well, but also are all too aware of high electricity prices, an aging electrical grid dependent on foreign oil, choke traffic, and other problems associated with the “cost of paradise.”
Originally published on One Knob Consulting. By Nate Adams What if it was easy to find out how much energy a home uses and how much that energy costs? It could unlock a whole new market that doesn’t exist today worth hundreds of billions. According to an Elevate Energy study, … [continued]
Buying a house is an exciting part of life, the start of a new chapter, and frankly…freakin’ scary! Typically that’s not because of any spooky creatures but because of the massive mortgage that people usually take on to afford one, the number of things that can go wrong, and unforeseen … [continued]