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Heat Pumps Can Lower Energy Bills for Californians Today
Bill savings from heat pumps for heating and hot water are largely due to cooling savings and beneficial electric rates.
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Paying for Clean Building Materials with C-PACE
Updating C-PACE financing rules could unlock billions of dollars of private sector investment in low-embodied-carbon American-made building materials.
Buildings
Heat Pumps Reduce Smog in Southern California. Available Incentives Mean They Can Also Cost Less Than Gas Equipment.
Southern California residents can save money by switching to a heat pump – even without current federal incentives.
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Heat Pump Leadership Goes Local
How local initiatives are leading the charge in home electrification…
China
Unlocking New Opportunities for Carbon Neutrality in China’s Building Sector
Comprehensive and in-depth insights into opportunities for achieving carbon neutrality in China’s building sector.
Buildings
Embodied Carbon Regulations Are Coming. The Real Estate Industry Can Get Ahead with Improved Portfolio Carbon Accounting
You may not realize it, but the past 12 months have been a reckoning for the emissions from building materials and construction — otherwise known as embodied carbon.
Buildings
Abundant, Affordable, Climate-friendly Homes: What Part 1 of the National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building Means for Housing
Unpacking the Department of Energy’s long-anticipated Zero Emissions Building definition.
Buildings
The Retrofit Playbook for Large Buildings
Cities and states can benefit from lessons on strategic decarbonization from New York City and the Empire State.
Electricity
Big Wires, Small Wires, and Non-Wires Solutions to “Electrify Everything”
Proactive, wholistic planning to modernize transmission, distribution, and the way we use electricity can enable economy-wide electrification.
US Policy
How Cities Can Scale On-Site Solar with New Federal Incentives
San Antonio, Texas, will soon be one of the first major US cities to leverage the new “direct pay” mechanism to build one of the largest on-site solar projects for local governments.
