Heat Pump and Building Electrification NJ Webinars
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WE INVITE YOU: tell your building electrification/decarbonization story.
Have you installed a heat pump? keep track of your monthly/annual electric and gas bills, and LET US KNOW RESULTS!
Hosted by Steve & Pat Miller, co-chairs, NJ Sierra Club Building Electrification Committee

• 2020-11-9 Heat Pumps (introduction); video (75 min); Description; Q and A
• 2021-12-16 Webinar recorded video on Heatpumps: "The 3rd Lever to Reach Zero Emissions"; Agenda ; Winka-slides; Schuster-slides ; Dave Hoh, "Dr. Energy Saver- make Homes More Comfortable, Healthier and Energy Efficient" ; Heat Pump brief by Nancy Blackwood; further links and background sources
  Participants: Mike Winka, Tom Schuster, Dave Hoh, Nancy Blackwood, Greg Gorman
• 2022-2-17 Building Electrification roadmap Description; Recording; Slides Q&A (distributed after meeting).
  Participants: Hap Haven, Scott Nelson, Greg Gorman, Steve Miller
• 2022-3-17 Building Electrification Recording; Description ; Slides: Spector ; Kavanagh (Ground Source Heat Pump); Brown ; QandA
  Participants: Alan Spector (architect), Matt Kavanagh ("“Green Insight" Decarbonization Planing), Alex Brown (DIY solar and heating)
• 2022-4-21 Building Electrification Recording (Steve Miller is Host) ; Invitation ; Description ; Miller slides ; Dolsky slides
  Participants: Steve Miller, Ken Dolsky
• 2022-6-16 7PM Webinar Description; Recording; Slides: Steve Miller; Phyllis Garr; John Wheeler ; Hap Haven
  Participants: Phyllis Garr, John Wheeler, Hap Haven
• 2022-7-21 7PM Building Electrification by David Green; Description; website ; Recording (earlier presentation); All Q&A (text); Ted Talk; 3-minute TV news interview; slides Participants: David Green
• 2022-8-18 7PM Building Electrification Announcement ; Recording; Transcript; Chris Wisniewski ICS slides; Patsy/David slides
  Participants: Chris Wisniewski, Patsy & David
• 2022-9-15 7PM Building Electrification Announcement; HTML; bit.ly link to register; Recording;
  Participants: "Ingo" Ingólfur Páll Matthíasson, Jennifer & Dean  
• 2022-10-20 7PM Building Electrification Announcement; HTML ; Recording; slides (Matt) ; contents of chat ;
  Participants: Scott Nelson, Matt Kavanagh, Jordan Stern
• 2022-11-17 7PM Building Electrification Announcement; Recording; Pat-Steve-slides ; Morrow-slides
  Participants: Robert Morrow, Steve Miller, Pat Miller
• 2022-12-15 7PM Building Electrification Announcement; Recording; slides ; chat (see recording for answers)
  Participants/topics: Matt Kavanagh presents path to move your house to NetZero energy and GHG emissions
• 2023-1-19 7PM Building Electrification: The 5 Principles of Passive House, Announcement; Intro; Recording; slides; chat
  Participants: Ken Levenson, Exec Dir of Passive House Network and David Kahn, who is surveying particpants to determine level of interest in highly efficient homes. Take survey HERE. Goal: a large group to convince home builders to offer options for highly energy efficient construction.
• 2023 2-16 7PM Lower your electric bill up to 21%. Announcement; Recording; Slides; Chat Q&A. Yvette Viasus, the Community Solar Engagement Manager for Solar Landscape (currently finishing 54 NJ Community solar systems) discusses current and future Community Solar, which has over 100 NJ projects completing in 2023. Further info, and signup: https://bit.ly/3HwWedg
• 2023-3-16 7PM NJ Homeowners John and Diane show the features of their new home, built to passive house standards. Synopsis ; Recording ; Slides ; Chat-Q&A
• 2023-3-27 7PM "Science Monday". Pat and Steve Miller teach techniques to reduce emissions to enable a livable future world. Synopsis; Recording; Slides; Recording of Q&A (poor acoustics); ChatQ&A
• 2023-4-20 7PM "Best Practices: Using Heat Pumps in Energy Efficient Buildings", Bill Amann, President, M&E Engineeers, Inc.; "Design of the ultimate NetZero Beach House", Alan P
  Announcement; Recording; Bill's Slides; Alan's Slides ; Chat Questions (answered at 26minutes:27 seconds and 45minutes:21Seconds into the recording)
• 2023-5-18 7PM "Electrify Everything with IRA"; Announcement; Recording; Slides1 ; Slides2 ; One Page Explanation of NJ and IRA rebates-incentives
  Participants: Pat and Steve Miller
• 2023-7-18 7PM "The Ask Sean Show" NJ Building Electrification Case Studies; Announcement; Recording; Slides; chat ; Pool Heaters: gas vs electric; Participants: Sean Armstrong (Redwood Energy); Tom Kabat (Redwood Energy), Tristan Miller (Climate Reality CA), Maggie Ortiz (Climate Reality, NJ), Steve & Pat Miller (NJ 50x30 Building Electrification), Case study done on home of Jo Ellen (South Brunswick) ; homeowner questions answered live and in chat
• 2023-8-21 7PM "The Ask Sean Show" NJ Building Electrification Case Studies; Announcement; Recording; Slides: Chat ; Participants: Sean Armstrong, Tom Kabat, Tristan and Wheeler, Brankner, and other NJ Homeowners
• 2023-9-25 7PM "The Ask Sean Show" NJ Building Electrification Case Studies; Announcement; Recording; Slides; Chat; Participants: Sean Armstrong and NJ Homeowners
• 2023-9-30 1PM "IRA" presentation to SOMA (South Orange + Maplewood) EJ Conservation Coalition; Slides
• 2023-10-1 1PM "IRA Dialog" ; Slides
• 2023-10-19 7PM Announcement; Recording ; Betsy-Steve "Home Electrification Journey Slides"; Pat-Steve "Current IRA Status Slides"; Chat-Q&A
• 2023-11-16 7PM "Need Help? We Create Home Decarbonization Plans"; Announcement; Recording; Slides; Chat-Q&A Matt Kavanagh
• 2023-12-21 7PM "Create a Plan for a Condo Electrification"; Announcement; Recording; Slides; Bob Morrow, Tony Giordano, Scott Nelson, oceandoc@air-doctors.com,  Oceanside Service, Allenhurst, NJ
• NOTE: All 2024 webinar Q&A summaries have been combined in this file
• 2024-1-18 7PM A homeower (Ken) and his Heat Pump installer (Chris Wisniewski, chris@icshvac.com) discuss selection and results with all-electric heat pump (with electric strip backup). Announcement; Recording; Steve Slides; Chris Slides; Chat Q&A;
• 2024-2-15 7PM "America's Electrification Story by Betsy Longendorfer" Announcement; Recording; Betsy Coach 101Slides; Betsy Coach Advice
• 2024-3-21 7PM "Electrify Your NJ Home", by Ernest Dorflinger; Announcement; Recording; Ernie's Slides; Chat Q&A
• 2024-4-16 Titusville UUC at Washington Crossing "Climate Change and What You Can Do: Reduce Energy Costs and Climate Pollution" Announcement; Recording; Aucott slides; Winka Slides; Miller Slides: References Handout
• 2024-4-18 7PM "Let Matt Guide Your Whole House Plan"", by Matt Kavanagh; Announcement; Recording; Matt's Slides; Chat Q&A
• 2024-5-16 7PM "We Can Win the Clean Energy Battle", by Mike Aucott, Mike Winka, Pat&Steve Miller; Announcement; Recording; Aucott Slides; Winka Slides; Miller Slides References
• 2024-6-20 7PM "Dreaming, Planning, Designing, Building old and new "Passive Houses" - contrasts & similarities, by Jacob Brown; Announcement; Recording; Slides; Chat Questions
• 2024-7-18 7PM "Cayamo Home Electrification Journey" by John Pitts; Announcement ; Recording; Slides ; Chat Q&A
• 2024-9-19 7PM "Planning for a Fossil Fuel-Free Future: One Home at a Time" by Pat Miller; Announcement; Recording; Slides
• 2024-9-24 7PM "Whole House Electrification Plan" Slides
• 2024-11-19 7PM NJ Electrification Coaching Network; Announcement; Recording; Slides; Chat/References
• 2024-11-21 7PM "NJ Electrification Coaches" Case Studies; Announcement; Recording of Presentation; Slides-pdf; Slides-PPTX ; Recording of Q&A; Chat/References
• 2024-12-19 7PM "Solar 101", Mike Winka, Sustainable Lawrence; Announcement; video-part1; video-part2; Slides; QandA-Chat; Summary by AI
• 2025-1-16 7PM "Solar + Battery: Become your own power plant" Announcement ; Recording ; Winka Slides; Miller Slides; Q&A-Chat
• 2025-2-20 7PM Sarah and David's Home Home Clean Energy Journey; Announcement; Recording ; Slides: Use EV for home electrical backup; 2025 NJ Utility Rebates
• 2025-3-3-"Home Electrification- Preserve Health; Save Money; Reduce Emissions" Pat Miller; Slides
• 2025-3-20 7PM " A “Carbon Manager” Shows How To eliminate YOUR Carbon Pollution; Announcement; Recording; Slides ; Chat Q and A ;
  More info about Electrification Coaches (free of charge); Sign up for an Electrification Coach
• 2025-3-20; NJ BPU Stakeholder Meeting NJ Energy Efficiency March 20, 2025; Slides 50-72; Recording 1:01 - 1:31
• 2025-4-17 7PM Community Solar; case study; announcement ; recording ; SolarLandscape slides- on Community Solar; Peggy slides-house case study; Betsy Slides- Reason for 20% increased electricity, bill June 1,2025; Pat Slides-Electrification Coaching Network; Q&A;
• 2025-4-28- ScienceMonday ; SierraClub Announce
• 2025-5-15 PJM and YOU; announcement ; recording; slides; chat Q&A
• 2025-5-16 Monmouth Civic Chorus Earth Songs (each month); FundRaising Tickets
• 2025-6-19 How Princeton Univ Achieves Carbon Neutrality by 2046, by Ted Borer, Announcement; Recording; Slides,
• 2025-7-17 Adventures in design of an electrified RV, and 3 summers exploring remote areas of US, by Ben Wymore. Announcement; Recording; Slides;
  Used solar system is available (free);
• 2025-9-18 Use It OR Lose It: Electrify Your Home NOW Before Federal Incentives Disappear; NJ Utility rebates will continue and Become More Lucrative. Announcement; Recording; Slides; Chat
• 2025-10-16 Home Case Studies, by Jim Price (owner of Comfortable Homes), Announcement; Recording; Slides; beginning of Q&A
• 2025-1-18-"Use It Or Lose It" Utility Rebates and Federal Tax Credits;Climate Reality Project; Pat Slides
• 2025-11-20 "Balcony Solar" NJ S4786 (Sponsor: NJ Sen Bob Smith)- Buy a solar panel or two; hang them facing ~south, and plug into the nearest outlet Announcement; 7Minute NewsBroadcast; Recording ; Balcony Solar- Dan Terpstra Slides; Pat/Steve -Incentives & Cold Climate Heat Pump Case Study Slides; Chat; (89 registered; 41 attended) "What States Need to Know About Plug-In Solar" by CleanEnergy States Alliance, Jan, 2026.
• 2025-12-18 CANCELLED: instead: ATTEND ALL DAY LOBBY DAY (Trenton)
• 2026-1-15, 7PM Data Centers and Artificial Intelligence insatiable thirst for electricity. A panel of experts review impacts on the environment, the electric grid, electric prices, and what we can do.. Announcement; Recording; Slides; Chat Important REFERENCES (esp Jan 16- Governors' Statement on Data Centers)
• 2026-1-29 Joint Meeting of co-leads of Sierra Club NJ Chapter Building Electrification and Energy Committees; Meeting Notes (including action items); References (including all NJ Data Center legislation); List of types/classification of clean energy; All Announcements related to Jan 15-16, 2026: Governors' "Principles", DOE, FERC, PJM,,...Position Statement for PJM survey..
• 2026-3-23 "Building Control Systems and Virtual Power Plants EXPLAINED!" Paul Yarin: hydronic heat pump (air to water) and control/monitoring demo; Mike Winka: Virtual Power Plant Overview; Announcement; Recording; Yarin slides; Winka Slides
• 2026-4-16 "Virtual Power Plants" presented by Thad Culley, Sr.Dir of Regulatory Policy, Sunrun; Announcement; Recording; Culley slides; Questions-Answers in Chat
• 2026-4-19-UUCMC Dialog-Announcement; Slides ; EARTH DAY, 2026, Pat and Steve Miller , co-Chairs of UUCMC Climate Action Team
• 2026-5-21 "Why Are Our Electric Rates So High? And What Can We Do About It?" announcement; "  by Pat and Steve Miller , co-Chairs, Sierra Club NJ Chapter Building Electrification Committee; recording ; slides
• 2026-6-18 Part 1: Zero Cost, No-Loan Rooftop Solar” by REPM Corp; description; recording; slides; Part 2 “Offshore Wind in NJ: Challenges, Regional wins, & What’s Next”; recording;
• 2026-8-20 “Plug-in (Balcony) Solar coming to NJ” Announcement; Recording; Slides