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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...

Hidden Barriers to Building Electrification

Aug 8, 2019 | Cheap Energy, Utility Companies, Whole House Electrification

Studies show that electrifying our transportation and building sectors are the fastest ways to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These sectors combined generate nearly 70% of total greenhouse gases in many states, including California. Our country is making...

Electric Panel Upgrade – With Sue Kateley

Jul 10, 2019 | Whole House Electrification

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions we need to electrify all of our buildings. New electric appliances — such as heat pumps and induction stoves — are often less expensive to operate than conventional natural gas appliances. For example, at $2/therm for natural gas...

Lose the Gas Furnace, Install a Heat Pump

Jun 27, 2019 | Whole House Electrification

Natural gas furnaces for heating are the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases generated by homes and offices. Until recently, these furnaces were state-of-the-art, having replaced oil burners, which replaced coal furnaces, which replaced wood stoves. Heating,...

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