The White House and Department of Energy (DOE) recently laid the foundation for two monumental home energy upgrade initiatives: the Home Efficiency Rebates program, which offers up to $8,000 to households, and the Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program, which provides up to $14,000. These rebate programs — made possible … [continued]
Transitioning to modern all-electric HVAC systems in schools is a game-changer for student health and learning.
Large or small, heat pumps are a key pathway for rapid decarbonization.
Clean condo life is messy. It takes time. There’s conflict involved sometimes. Emotions can run high. These are our homes we’re talking about, after all.
In the last couple of years, Kia and Hyundai (same parent company) have really impressed anybody who’s been watching at all. Sure, they’re not anywhere near where Tesla is in terms of volume of sales, but the vehicle technology shows that they’re quite serious about building a decent electric vehicle. … [continued]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is accelerating emerging technologies from lab to market through its Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). With an overarching goal to increase the number of commercialized energy technologies developed at national laboratories, the TCF Program awarded funding to support two NREL Buildings projects. Because buildings use 75% … [continued]
Tapping into passive solar energy could be a step to carbon-free heating
SAN MARCOS, California — Encycle Corporation, a software technology company focused on helping commercial enterprise and utility customers dramatically improve the efficiency of their HVAC systems using IoT-enabled services, today announced a new set of patented, data-driven tools that allow facility managers to gain unprecedented visibility into the maintenance and … [continued]
In another article, I went through what I learned from buying a house with limited electrical service. Long story short, the status quo of getting energy from natural gas, water service, and even sewer service is baked into many if not most homes, and it’s hard for the owner (and … [continued]
Originally published on RMI.org. By John Matson The world leaders of the Group of Seven, better known as G7, released a long communique following their recent meeting in Cornwall, detailing their plans to address the COVID-19 pandemic and “build back better.” In a departure from the previous G7 meeting in 2019, which ended … [continued]
