AutoGrid Recruits Army Of Heat Pumps For 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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A Heat Pump Water Heater Is The Energy Saving Equivalent Of 7 Solar Panels &…
My sister is in the process of building a house in Ohio, and I’ve been having conversations with her about how to make it green. She and my brother-in-law both consider me to be eco-crazed (arguably rightly so given the climactic and political stakes) and so tend to raise eyebrows … [continued]
120 Volt Heat Pump Water Heaters Hit the Market & Make Gas Replacements Even Easier
Updated: Editor’s note – a previous version of this article stated that the Rheem 120 V water heater was already for sale. This water heater is expected to hit the market in the first half of 2022. We regret the error. There are big developments happening in the world of … [continued]
Upgrading A Water Heater: Heat Pump, Solar, Or On Demand? The Tech & The Pros…
The water heater is one of the bigger users of energy in the home, making that old heater you’ve got a great candidate for an upgrade. The question is, upgrade to what? There are solar water heaters that can use zero energy, heat pumps that use a lot less energy … [continued]
Demand Flexibility Is Critical — Use It When We Have It
To stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis, we must urgently transition from polluting fossil fuels to emissions-free energy. The large-scale deployment of renewable energy to replace polluting power plants and rapid electrification of our buildings, vehicles and industries are necessary pillars to achieving this transition.
Helping Families, One Electric Heat Pump Water Heater At A Time
A couple of weeks ago, CleanTechnica profiled an important way to electrify everything equitably.
Home Efficiency 101: Appliances, Thermal Envelope, Lighting, Plumbing, & More
Home efficiency is one of those things you may think has been done already — building code improvements surely must’ve accounted for what we’ve known about home energy use for decades now, right?
Heat Pump Water Heaters — Game Changers In Efficiency
On the journey to making our homes money savers and climate champions, water heating has always been a stumbling block. While there are easy ways to use hot water efficiently (like the low-flow shower heads we featured in this Go Zero Hack), it’s a challenge to heat water without polluting.
Efficiency Retrofit Project For 5,000 Public Housing Units Kicks Off In Hawaii
In today’s piece of awesome cleantech news, courtesy of CleanTechnica, we are proud to announce that in collaboration with Hawaii Energy and the Energy Excelerator, our company, Pono Home, just kicked off a project to retrofit up to 5,000 homes for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA).
Dragon’s Guide To A 100% Renewable Home, Part 2 (Water Heating)
Most Americans are familiar with water heaters that keep water hot in a large, insulated storage tank. A tankless water heater eliminates that tank by using enormous amounts of electricity to heat water to your preferred temperature as quickly as you need it.
