Whole House Electrification Archives - Cinnamon Energy Systems

How Much Heat Can A Heat Pump Pump?

May 17, 2022 | Building Electrification, Energy Saving Tips, Energy Technology, Environment, Home Improvement, Whole House Electrification

The Energy Show · How Much Heat Can A Heat Pump Pump? How much heat could a heat pump heat if a heat pump could pump heat? Technically, the answer is about 3. “Heat pump.” What a dumb, geeky name for what is arguably the most important climate modification device...

Electrifying Your Home – How Many Solar Panels Do I Need?

May 3, 2022 | Energy Saving Tips, Energy Technology, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Whole House Electrification

The Energy Show · How many solar panels needed to electrify my home Stop burning fossil fuels and electrify everything. That’s the path that humanity must follow to avoid a global warming calamity. Two technological changes have made it both practical and economical...

Building Electrification Analytics

Feb 23, 2022 | Building Electrification, Energy Technology, Environment, Whole House Electrification

Energy costs keep going up — and faster than ever. Gasoline is over $5/gallon, natural gas prices are projected to skyrocket, and PG&E electric rates increased 11% in 2021 and 9% (already) in 2022. Luckily, we have more options than ever for significantly...

Prepping for New Energy Technology

Jul 27, 2021 | Building Electrification, Energy Technology, Whole House Electrification

The Energy Show · Prepping for New Energy Technology Not since the advent of central heating and cooling has home energy technology changed so much. New technologies are all electric, and almost without exception they are cheaper to operate and install, more...

Building Electrification with Menlo Spark

May 10, 2021 | Environment, Fossil Fuels, Whole House Electrification

This week’s Energy Show was recorded on Earth Day 2021, 51 years after the very first Earth Day in 1970. When Earth Day was established our country was concerned about water and air pollution — not global warming. There were two environmental disasters that year: a...

Converting a House to Zero Net Energy

Jan 31, 2020 | Battery Storage Systems, Cheap Energy, Electric Vehicles, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Solar Power System, Whole House Electrification

Buildings consume 40% of our energy, most of that for heating and cooling. Almost all of this energy is supplied by fossil fuels, resulting in tremendous CO2 emissions. Building electrification solves this problem. Instead of burning fossil fuels in homes and...