Cold climate regions of the United States – like the Northeast and Alaska – have historically been the hardest to decarbonize using air source heat pumps. Fears over poor efficiency and equipment failure in [...]
More than half of our electricity in the United States still comes from the combustion of fossil fuels. That means that even fully electrified buildings aren’t as decarbonized as they could be. Installing batteries paired [...]
The U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) just released a request for information (RFI) that could help revolutionize the way embodied greenhouse gas emissions are tracked. For context, the EPA was allocated $350 million through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to help [...]
Back in September, we discussed strategies to prevent grid strain during periods of high electricity demand. Today, we’ll do a deep dive into one of those potential solutions: time-of-use rates (TOUs). Time-of-use rates are a unique [...]
In 2019, the City of Berkeley (CA) voted to phase out gas hookups in nearly all new construction. This pro-electrification move led to numerous lawsuits against the measure and spurred the gas industry to develop a bulwark against [...]
With 2022 coming to a close, it’s time to recap the biggest building decarbonization developments of the year. While it’s impossible to cover everything, here are some of the highlights. Federal government leads the [...]
The cost of electricity has jumped nearly 18 percent in the past two years alone, according to data from Buildings Hub. Influenced by factors including economy-wide inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the national average [...]
Coming on the heels of Veterans Day, it’s the perfect time to discuss what the U.S. military is doing to decarbonize its facilities – both domestically and abroad. Late last year, the Biden-Harris Administration [...]
There are many types of heat pumps on the market, each with their own pros, cons, and use cases. It can be hard to keep them all straight, let alone their efficiency and performance [...]
Vehicle and building electrification are often viewed as two distinct pieces of the decarbonization puzzle. However, they’re more intertwined than you might think. This past June, electric vehicles made up 8.4 percent of new light-duty vehicle sales [...]
