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 Miller, NJ Sierra Club Building Electrification Issue Coordinator
- 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 ; 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, Matt Kavanagh, Alex Brown
- 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 Burton (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 and 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
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HEAT PUMP
ENERY TRANSITION - FORECASTS
LATEST COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES - ACROSS U.S. & CANADA
COST AND HEALTH COMPARISONS- ELECTRIC VS GAS
HEAT PUMP BASICS
COLD CLIMATE HEAT PUMPS
HEAT PUMP WATER HEATERS
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HEATING/COOLING SYSTEMS and SELECTING CONTRACTORS
HEAT PUMP DETAILS
GEOTHERMAL SOURCES
UNDERGROUND THERMAL NETWORKS
HEAT PUMP NEWS
BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION
DESCRIPTIONS OF ELECTRIFICATION AND DECARBONIZATION
REBATES FOR ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES
EFFICIENT AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS
GAS VS ELECTRIC COST COMPARISONS
BUILDING CODES
IMPACT OF IRA (Inflation Reduction Act)
NJ STATUS: ENERGY MASTER PLAN AND COSTS TO RESIDENTS
THE TRUTH ABOUT LOW CARBON FUELS
CARBON REMOVAL TECHNOLOGIES
EFFECTS ON HEALTH
INDUCTION OVENS & ELECTRIC KITCHENS
BUILDING DECARBONIZATION
GENERAL TOPICS
COMMUNITY SOLAR
THOUGHTS ON EVs
LMI HOUSING (INCLUDING ALL-ELECTRIC)
PASSIVE, NET-ZERO, LEED HOUSES AND BUILDINGS (and definitions)
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