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Residential Technology and Fuel Switching Costs
Energy used in the residential sector provides a wide range of services, including heating, cooling, lighting, refrigeration, cooking, and numerous other end uses. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) conducts a household buildings-sector survey—the Residential Energy Consumption Survey—that provides information on the equipment stock and energy consumption within existing buildings. However, this survey does not directly gather other information that we need to project future energy consumption, such as costs associated with switching equipment between different technologies and fuels. The Residential Demand Module of the National Energy Modeling System uses equipment cost and performance technology menus that represent competing options for most of the [...]
Momentum Q2 | 2025
The Buildings Decarbonization Coalition details developments in the second quarter of 2025, including the latest HVAC sales figures, updates on utility rate cases, prominent state policies, and a preview of the next quarter.
A Blueprint for HOA Electrification
This case study from TECH Clean California lays out how the Heather Village homeowner's association leveraged grants and utility financing to switch from gas boilers to heat pumps to heat its residents' water.
Electricity Rates that Keep Bills Down after Electrification of Home Heating
New research from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) identifies commonsense electric utility rate reforms that will keep households from seeing increased bills when switching home heating from fossil fuel–fired systems to heat pumps in some of the coldest U.S. states.
The Economics of Electrifying Buildings: Residential New Construction
This report examines the economic and climate impacts of building all-electric single-family new construction.
State Policies and Rules to Enable Beneficial Electrification in Buildings through Fuel Switching
This policy brief provides a status update of the policies promoting (or failing to promote) the transition to heating with electric heat pumps in all 50 states and Washington, DC.