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California budget invests $1.4 billion to decarbonize homes, schools, and communities
California is making big investments in transitioning homes, buildings, and schools to clean electric appliances – a record $1.4 billion across programs. This tweet by the Building Decarbonization Coalition summarizes how funding will be allocated for this budget.
Cooling Down the U.S. with Maximum Heat Pump Adoption
This report from Clean Cooling Collaborative’s partners Energy Solutions, VEIC, and Arup looks at the mitigation potential of widespread heat pump adoption in the U.S.
Analysis: Electric Heat Pumps Offer Cheapest Clean Heating Option for Most U.S. Houses
An analysis of the ACEEE's report on how electric heat pumps offer the cheapest way to cleanly heat and cool single-family homes.
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.
Combating High Fuel Prices with Hybrid Heating: The Case for Swapping Air Conditioners for Heat Pumps
This report offers a strategy to kickstart home electrification in the US by swapping traditional air conditioners (AC) to two-way heat pumps that can both heat and cool indoor spaces.
Unearthing potential: The value of geothermal energy to US decarbonization
Report on the value of geothermal for both the power sector and individual home and building heating.
Ten Ways Your Community Can Go All-Electric
This guide features ten initiatives that localities can take to join the movement and transition to all-electric buildings.
Decarbonizing Tall Buildings with a New York State of Mind
New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act) mandates 100 percent zero-emissions electricity by 2040 and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050. That means that billions of square feet of New York buildings have 28 years to wean off the fossil fuel combustion and fossil-fueled steam that heat the majority of the building stock today. For many buildings, that translates to roughly one asset replacement cycle, and buildings that simply replace today’s fossil fuel equipment with newer versions of the same will not be in compliance with Climate Act mandates before the equipment reaches the end of its lifetime. [...]
Benefits of Heat Pumps for Colorado Homes
This report provides an updated analysis on the benefits of heat pumps and heat pump water heaters (HPHWs) for Colorado homes.
Building Seattle Better – How Seattle’s municipal buildings support a carbon-neutral future
An overview of how Seattle’s municipal buildings can support a carbon-neutral future.
Building Energy Transition Plan: A Roadmap for Achieving Net-Zero Emissions in the Residential and Commercial Buildings Sectors
This is a report by the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, which is charged with advising the Governor and General Assembly on ways to mitigate the causes of, prepare for, and adapt to the consequences of climate change. This report is meant to guide Maryland policymakers on decisions related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in pursuit of achieving targets in Maryland’s 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan and the Commission’s recommendation that Maryland achieve net-zero emissions economywide by 2045.