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400+ RECENT REFERENCES
HOME ENERGY AUDIT
STATUS OF BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION
REPLACE ALL A/Cs WITH HEAT PUMPS
MODEL STATE LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION
BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION
- New Jersey: 2023-3-2 NJ S-3672 "An Act Concerning Building Electrification", introduced by NJ Sen Bob Smith and Sen Andrew Zwicker. Presently tabled by Senate Environment and Energy Committee. Requires BPU to establish Beneficial Building Electrificaiton and requires electric public utilities to prepare and implement Building Electrification Plans
- PSEG-Long Island
- CONNECTICUT
- VERMONT
COMPARISONS OF COST AND HEALTH: Electric versus Gas
ENERGY TRANSITION - FORECASTS
- 2023-4-14 "How Electrification Became a Major Tool for Fighting Climate Change", NYTimes
- 2023-4-12 "America Needs Clean Electricity. These States Show How to Do It", Washington Post electricity forecasts
- 2023-3-20 "New York Must Chart New Course for Gas Utilities to Hit Climate Targets", Canary Media
- 2023-3-"The Future of Gas in New York State", by Building Decarbonization Coalition
- 2023-2 "Fossil-Fueled Rates ...How Electrification Will Help Protect Customers in the Future", white paper by Strategen
- 2023-2-22 As Heat Pump Go Mainstream, a Big Question: Can They Handle Real Cold? NYTimes
- 2023-Feb "Innovation Acceleration: How Building Decarbonization has Transformed the U.S. Building Sector in Just Four Years" by Building Decarbonization Coalition
- 2022-8 RMI: Roadmap to Reaching Zero Embodied Carbon in US Federal Building Projects
- 2022 RMI: "The Energy Transition Narrative"
- 2023-1-27 "Myths About Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy are Circulating Again.." Yale Climate Connections. Historical fossil fuel and renewable production. Fossil fuel is about 50% efficient; renewables nearly 100% efficient and has overtaken energy production from coal..
- 2023-1- "Peak Fossil Fuel Demand for Electricity", RMI, Electricity from fossil fuel peaks by2025, and declines 4%/yr thereafter
- 2023-2-16 "What the New Deal Can Teach Us About How to Electrify Everything", BNN Bloomberg
ELECTRICITY PRICES (PROJECTED THRU 2035)
LATEST COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES - CALIFORNIA, ACROSS U.S., CANADA, EU, and WORLD
- 2023-7-12 "Plug-In Heat Pump Water Heater Field Study Findings & Market Commercialization Recommendations", NBI, 120volt water heaters lessons learned
- 2023-2-21 "With Subsidies, Pollution-Preventing Heat Pump Upgrades Can Be Affordable for Low-Income Bay Areaa Households" (Low income single family and multifamily, cost comparisons include furnace, AC, Water Heater, and electrical panel)
- 2023-3-6 "America's Great home Heating Divide, Visualized" Washington Post
- 2022-11-14 "A Policy Toolkit for Global Mass Heat Pump Deployment", RAP (Regulatory Assistance Project- Independent NGO focuses on China, Europe, India, and the U.S.)
- 2022-Dec "The Future of Heat Pumps", (110 pages) by IEA (International Energy Agency)
- 2022-Nov "Renewable Solutions in end-uses Heat pump Costs and Markets", IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency"
- 2022-11-30 "The Global Energy Crisis is Driving a Surge in Heat Pumps, bringing Energy Security and Climate Benefits", IEA
- 2022-7-27 ACEEE Analysis of Electric and Gas Decarbonization Options for Homes and Apartments; PDF-download
- 2022 "Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pumps: Assessing Cost-Effectiveness, Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction s in Canadian Homes" Canmet energy
- 2021-12-study shows NO NEED for new gas pipelines
REPLACE RESIDENTIAL HEATING OIL WITH HEAT PUMPS
THE CASE FOR HYBRID HEATING
HEAT PUMP BASICS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- 2023-Consumer Reports ratings: realibility and owner satisfaction (based upon 2019 and 2021 surveys of 14,500 heat pumps (member-only, who pay $40/year for on-line access)
- 2023- Consumer Reports Buying Guide
- 2023-2-10 "Americans Bought More Heat Pumps Than Gas Furnaces Last Year" Canary Media
- 2023-6 "Heat Pumps in New jersey: Setting the Record Straight", by EEA (Energy Efficiency Alliance of NJ)
- 2023-4-27 Heat Pumps are having a breakthrough; but use the WRONG NAME!" Washinton Post
- 2023-4-19 "Heat Pumps Have Become a Buzzword. So, How Exactly do they Work?" (4 minute read) Fastcompany.com
- 2023-4-1 "6 Things to Know About Heat Pumps, A Climate Solution in a Box" NPR
- 2023-2-14 "Everything You Need to Know About the Wild World of Heat Pumps", MIT Technology Review
- 2022-12 "How Does a Heat Pump Actually Work?" "Green Life, the Latest from Sierra Magazine"
- 2022-10-6 "Heat Pump 101: The lowdown onthe Hottest ( Coolest) Appliance You've Never Heard Of" (Sierra Club)
- 2022-10-6-Heat Pump 101: How Ground Source Heat PumpsWork (ICAX)
- EGEE 102: "Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection" Comprehensive course: air-source heat pump
- 2022-7-12 "Clean Energy 101: Heat Pumps" by John Matson, RMI
- Heat pumps explained: https://youtu.be/73qzU8vOc4U
- “This Old House” video describes heat pumps
- NYTimes: What’s a heat pump?
- U.S. Department of Energy describes heat pump systems
- 2022-9-10 Advances in Air Conditioning Technology and 2022-9-13 CleanTechnica More Efficient Technology
- 2021-10-6 Ground Source Vs Air Source Heat Pump
- In 2023, heat pumps will be rated as HSPF2 instead of HSPF (Heating Seasonal Performance Factor) Explanation
- 2023, Forbes Home, "Heat Pump Vs Furnace: Major Differences, Pros and Cons". High level and superficial. Heat pump prices are outdated. See numerous other references for more comprehensive and NJ-specific information.
HEAT PUMP EQUIPMENT COSTS (versus Gas)
- 2023-5-31 "Heat Pumps vs. Gas Furnaces: How to Weigh Cost and Climate Implications", Beat Check Podcast (Portland, Oregon) + links to many heat pump topics
- 2023-4-16 Alpine Home Air Products Ductless Mini-Split ; "Do-It-Yourself" (pressurized components) and "Kit" (requires final final vacuum purge and pressurization) packages avail. 5 year eqip warranty; 7 years compressor; on-line consultants available for questions; recommends multi-head for larger areas. Series S4 and S5 for severe climate (cold climate?); GreeFlexx/MideaEvox/MrCoolUniversal have EVI, and inverter compressor and fan; compressor is rotary but not scroll.
- 2023-4-9 Facebook posts at "Electrify Everthing": equipment prices (labor additional); (outdoor condenser + indoor 36KBTU vertical coil/fan/air handler): 90+% rated heat output at 5degreesF; available today (DOE cold climate eat Pump Challenge will be 1+ year in future): Fujitsu $5643 ; LG LGRED 17.8 SEER LV361HHV4 $5708; Daikin 36KBTU 18 SEER single zone RZQ36TAVJU-FTQ36TAVJUD $6252; Mitsubishi 36KBTU 18.2 SEER P-Series Hyper Heat $7995. "rule of thumb": rebates/tax incentives cover the labor
COLD CLIMATE HEAT PUMPS
HEAT PUMP WATER HEATERS
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HEATING/COOLING SYSTEMS and SELECTING CONTRACTORS
HEAT PUMP DETAILS
- 2022-7-6 Switching to efficient, electric HVAC appliances could sve Oregon $1.1B through 2050" ; final report showing Oregon Building Ellectrification would provide huge benefits in emission reductions, grid impacts and consumer economicst ; summary for policy makers ; and the press release here.
- 2022-5-4 A federal bill S4139 for tax credits to heat pump manufacturers will accelerate heat pump adoption see this paper
- 2022-5-Busted! Exposing 5 Air Source Heat Pump Myths; JCP&L 5/2022 "Customer Connection"
- Massachusetts heat pump incentives (up to $10K), and financing (eligibility requires weatherization, determined by a no-cost Home Energy Assessment)
- 2022-4-26 First all-electric heating mandate for new commercial and large multifamily buildings passes in Washington state
- 2022-4-27 "The Future is Electric; NJ Needs to Catch Up"; (Op-Ed) NJ Spotlight News, Barbara Blumenthal, Nicole Miller
- NEEP Heat pump Homeowner Buying Guide
- Heat Pump Web Page (Your Input Is Encouraged) for Sierra Club "Our work"
- Comparisons of types of Heat Pump Systems (created by Alan Spector, 4/4/2022)
- NYSERDA Heat Pump Planner Informative pamphlet discussing use of heat pumps in one story homes, two story homes, mobile homes, apartments, and townhomes.
- Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) Heat Pump Buying Guide
- NYSERDA Heat Pumps This page compares the benefits of air source heat pump versus ground source heat pumps
- https://www.pickhvac.com/heat-pump/most-efficient/ (most efficient heat pumps in 2021)
- JCP&L Incentives for AC and Heatpumps
- 2022-5-17 How much does an air source heat pump cost?
- Draft Heat Pump Webpage Ver2-1 (includes NJ incentives) (comments are welcome in the version placed in GoogleDocs )
- https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/28/for-co2-reduction-from-existing-buildings-heat-pumps-are-better-than-efficiency/
- 2020-4-23 New Analysis: Heat Pumps Slow Climate Change in Every Corner of the Country
- Comparison of Types of Heat Pumps
GEOTHERMAL SOURCES (also see Underground Thermal Networks)
UNDERGROUND THERMAL NETWORKS
HEAT PUMP NEWS
June, 2022:
- NY: legislature passed The Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act (S9422/A10493)
- President Biden authored Defense Production Act to authorize increase in manufacturing heatpumps
- Electricity for heating increased 50% between 2015 and 2020 was driven by heatpumps
July, 2022
BUILDING DECARBONIZATION
NJ STATUS OF BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION
EMBODIED CARBON
2023-5-23 "Heating and Cooking Aren't the Only Sources of Building Emissions", "In Massachusetts and elsewhere, advocates and policymakers are increasingly turning their attention to "embodied carbon" contained in building materials"
ENERGY STAR
Select appliances (including HVAC) which are Energy Star rated
BUILDING DECARBONIZATION- broad topics
2023-6-5 "Building Electrification: Next Steps for Healthy Homes and Cleaner Climate", Isles Virtual Forum, (Panel members gave 7 minute introductory talks in this order) Barbara Gottlieb, Dir Env & Health at Physicians for Social Responsibility; Ben Butterworth, Dir of Climate, Energy & Equity Analysis, acadiacenter.org; Jamal Lewis, Rewiring America; "People Want Heat Pumps", Matt Rusteika, Dir Market Transformation, Building Decarbonization Coalition (BDC);Barbara Blumenthal, NewJersey Conservation Foundation "The State of Building Decarbonization in New Jersey"
2023-1 Self-Paced Training on Building Electrifiction and Efficiency, Citizens Climate Lobby
2023-3 BuildingDecarb.org How Building Decarbonization has Transformed the U.S. Building Sector in Just Four yearsdownload; view feb23, 2023 webinar
2023-3-16 "The Bay Area is Going Electric for Furnaces and Water Heaters", Washington Post "The Climate 202"
DESCRIPTIONS OF ELECTRIFICATION AND DECARBONIZATION
REBATES AVAILABLE FOR ENERGY STAR appliances (lookup by zip code)
2022-12-1 Components of Building Decarbonization "Targeted Interventions to Accelerate the Technology Shift in Buildings"
LMI HOUSING (including ALL-ELECTRIC )
EFFICIENT AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS
GAS VS ELECTRIC COST COMPARISONS
SWITCH FROM GAS TO ELECTRIC
BUILDING CODES
IMPACT OF IRA (Inflation Reduction Act)
- 2023-3-14 "Stacey Abrams Rewires and Inspires" Abrams joins Rewiring America
- 2023-2-1 NYTimes "This Guide Can Help You Save Money and Fight Climate Change"
- 2023-3-15 "Understanding the IRA - Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund", Sierra Club, (~half funneled thru proposals by non-porofit entities to reduce or avoid GHG)
- 2023-2-7 "Rebates for Home Energy Upgrades are Coming Soon. Here's How to Plan", Canary Media, The IRA HEEHRA (High Efficiency Electric Home Rebate Act) for LMI Households
- 2023-1-ver 2 "Building a Clean Energy Economy Guidebook to IRA Investments in Clean Energy & Climate Action"" CleanEnergy.gov. Building Electrification provisions are pages 105-119
- IRA Fact Sheets
- 2023-1-6 "", Yale Climate Connections
- 2023-1-19 "What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Homeowners?" (Sealed proivdes energy consultation and services)
- 2023-1-2 "3 Ways to Tap Billions in New Money to Go Green", Washington Post. 1st: install a Heat Pump; 2nd: Buy an Electric Vehicle; 3rd: install Rooftop Solar (or subscribe to Community Solar).
- 2022- "Implementing the DPQA - Defense Production Act (part of the IRA)" create new U.S. factories for Cold Climate Heat pumps; Rewiring America
- 2022-10-28 IRA Guidebook and Press Release (prepared by C40 and "Climate Mayors" organizations)
- IRA (for tax credit eligibility) requires heat pumps to "meet or exceed the highest efficiency tier", set by the CEE (Consortium for Energy Efficiency),
- 2022-11-21 CEE standard for A/C, heat pumps, and cold climate heat pumps is here (effective Jan 1, 2023, released Nov 21, 2022)
- 2022-11-21 Sealed "What Heat Pumps Qualify for Federal Tax Credits and Rebates" (long winded and contains embedded ads)
- RMI FFOLD tool was updated 10/2022. There are 72 "building" supporting programs. A total of 204 federal programs are easily searchable in the FFOLD database by project type, type of applicant, and other factors.
- All in On Building Decarbonization in the Age of the Inflation Reduction Act IRA summary (2022-9-22) by America Is All In
- Building Decarbonization IRA summary (10/2022) by America is All In
- Benefits of Zero Carbon Buildings 2022-9-21"Improving the American Indoors: The Health, Economic, and Community Benefits of Zero-Carbon Buildings" by America is All In
- Rewiring America "Key programs in the Inflation Reduction Act and what they mean for Americans"
- Clean Energy for All (White House rebate and tax incentives -interactive)
- "The Inflation Reduction Act Delivers Affordable Clean Energy for NJ"
- NRDC and the USGBC (US Green Buildings Council)
- 2022-9-25SierraClub summary-
- 2023 "Energy Efficiency: Savings Opportunities and Benefits" State and Local Solution Center; Fed, state, and local programs addressing Energy Efficiency Potential, Opportunities and Benefits resulting from reduction of the US overall electricity use.
- 2022-5-17 "Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources for State and Local Leaders: May 2022-May 2023" (identifies, describes, and links to Federal DOE and State programs and publications, authorized and funded by the Nov 15, 2021 "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law")
NJ STATUS: ENERGY MASTER PLAN AND COSTS TO RESIDENTS
THE TRUTH ABOUT LOW CARBON FUELS
CARBON REMOVAL TECHNOLOGIES
- 2022-6-14 "Suck It Up-- Everyone's in favor of carbon dioxide removal - including the fossil fuel industry, which sees it as a lifeline"
- Comments on hydrogen (and some on RNG)
EFFECTS ON HEALTH
- 2022-7 "Literature Review on the Impacts of Residential Combustion", Final Report, American Lung Assoc.
NOTE: New website with additional resources will be launched 8/15/2023
- 2023-6-21 "Gas Stoves Are Even Worse for Our Health Than Previously Known, New Study Finds" Yale Climate Connections
- 2023-6-7 "GOP Efforts to Protect Gas Stove Only Burn Consumers" The Hill by Jessica Tritsch, Opinion Contributor
- 2023-4-13 "Building Electrifiction and Taking out Natural Gas from our Buildings Will Save San Diegans Money" San Diego Union-Tribune
- 2023-4-7 "We Need to Come To Terms With the Truth About Gas Stove Hazards" Forbes
- 2023-3-21 "The Gas Stove Wars are Far From Over", Vox
- 2023-3-9 "Gas Stoves Pose Health Risks. Are Gas Furnaces and Other Appliances Safe to Use?" Yale Climate Connections
- 2023-2-24"Keep Calm, but Dont't Ignore the Warnings About Gas Stoves", Jessica Tritsch, Sierra Club
- 2023-2-4 "Gas Stove Makers Have Pollution Solution. They're Just Not Using It", NPR Weekend Edition
- 2023-2-2 "What to Know About the Study Behind the Push to Ban Gas Stoves" ( rebuttal of dire reports)
- 2023-2-1 "Out of Gas, In with Justice"- published by WE ACT; Ten month test of 20 Bronx apartments with gas stoves replaced; 35% decrease in NO2; 43% decrease in CO
- 2023- (updated frequently) "Gas Stoves Resources" Sierra Club
- 2023-1-28 "How You Can Ditch Your Dangerious, Dirty Gas Stove - There are plenty of rbates for electric models" Sierra, The Magazine of the Sierra Club
- 2023-1-19 PBS NewHour on Gas Stoves
- 2023-1-13 "Gas Stove Health Concerns: What to Know and How to Reduce Your Risk". Up to 21% of children's asthma cases can be linked to gas stoves, "Health"
- 2023-1-9 "Are Gas Stoves the New Cigarettes?", Curbed.com
- 2023-1-6 "Gas Stove Pollutions Causes 12.7% of Childhood Asthma, Study Finds" Washington Post (Peer-reviewed study)
- 2023-1-8 "Gas Coookers Regularly Breach Air Pollution Limits", CLASP, European study
- 2023-1-8 "Exposing the Hidden Health Impacts of Cooking with Gas". (CLCASP analysis of EU-27 societal cost and actionable solutions)
- 2022-12-29-Gas Stoves Could be Banned in 2023...'It's a Real Possibility"
- 2022-6-22 How Energy-Efficiency Upgrades Can Improve Your Health , Yale Climate Connections
- 2022-6 American Medical Assoc warnings against danger of gas-fueled cooking, and dangers of burning hydrogen
- 2022-6-22 "Hydrogen Pipe Dreams: why burning hydrogen in buildings is bad for climate and health." , by Physicians for Social Responsibility. Talking Points
- 2022-6-28 "Hazardous air pollutants found in home-use natural gas", E&E News PM ;
- 2022-6-28 "Home is Where the Pipeline Ends", PSE "Boston Kitchen Study- Public Briefing"; video describing study
- 2022-7-13-Gas Stove Health Effects - Physicians for Social Responsibility
- 2022-9 "Climate Change Impacts on Human Health & Communities" (addendum to the "2020 NJ Scientific Report on Climate Chnage"
- 2022-12-14 "Gas Stoves and Your Health: Customers aren't being told about the potntial ealth risks of cooking with gas" Press Release
- "The Hill": "Retailers may not inform consumers of gas stove health risk"
- 2023-1-9 "Recall of Gas Ranges Underscores the Need for Oversight and Educatoin Around Harms" CPSC Must Make Rules Around Safety of Gas Stoves to Protect Consumers
- 2020-8-3 NewEngland Journal of Medicine: Interview with Dr. Renee Salas on the effects of climate change on human health and health systems. (13:09)
- 2020 RMI "Gas Stoves: Health and Air Quality Impacts and Solutions"
- 2020 UCLA Fielding School of Public Health "Effects of Residential Gas Appliances on Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality and Public Health in California"
- (no date) "How to Choose a Range Hood" see section called "CFM Power" for CFM/minute spec
INDUCTION OVENS & ELECTRIC KITCHENS
- 2023-7 "Cook Faster, Better, and Safer Wthout Gas", Rewiring America
- 2023-3-9 "The Biggest Winner of the Gas Stove Fight Is Induction Ranges", Businessweek + Green
- 2023-2-8 "Will Most Chefs Ever Trade Gas Storves for Induction? It's Complicated" Washington Post
- 2023-1-29 'I use it because it''s better': Why Chefs are Embracing the Electric Stove"
- 2023-1-12 "Induction Cooktops and Ranges Are So Good You May Not Miss Your Gas Appliance" Consumer Reports finds induction offers superior performance, with fewer possible health risks, too.
- 2023-1 "Why I Love our Electric Induction Range" Letter to Editor published in Asbury Park Press and other papers
- 2202-10-20 Chefs Turn off the Gas and Light Up Induction Cooktops
- 2022-6-9 "Did you know that some induction cookware can boil a pan of water in two minutes?"
- 2022-5-18 "In the Market for a New Stove? Consider Induction", U.S.PIRG
- 2022-5-26 "Clean Stoves, Healthy Families: How Indoor Air Affects Childhood Asthma" (1 hour Youtube U.S.PIRG webinar)
- 2022-6-23 "A Taste of Microsoft's All-Electric Kitchen", Energy Weekly : 77,000 sq feet of all-electric kitchens
- 2021-1-18 What is an Induction Stove and Why is it so Useful?
- The Surprising Things I Learned When I Ditched My Gas Stove for an Induction Range. Consumer Reports.
- Changing how you cook can reduce climate change. Reviewed.
- I’m Fed Up With My Terrible Stove, So I’m Buying an Induction Burner This Amazon Prime Day. Epicurious.
BUILDING DECARBONIZATION - General
- 2022-6-15 "Accelerating Energy Justice in Building Decarbonization", acadiacenter.org/resources/reports
- NJ Clean Energy Program
- 2022-2-25 "The Future is Electric; Helping New Jersey Live in Cleaner Healthier and More Affordable Homes", Acadia Center
- 2022-9-19 RMI "Five Steps to Electrify Your Home: From Heat Pumps to Solar Panels and Induction Stoves"
- 2021-4-6 By Electrifying all its buildings, NJ Could Reap Tremendous Health and Climate Benefits
- 2022-6-18 Ted Talk, Harvard Business School, "Profitable Solutions to Climate Change", by David Green. Net-Zero is achieved at 15% ROI (in Massachusetts), by insulating, rooftop solar, heat pump, and triple-pane windows. (An attractive, inexpensive 3rd pane on double pane windows is "Innerglass" single pane insert with low-e coating.)
- Redwood Energy (talks, plus research booklets)
- 2022-6-15 "Beneficial Electrification Toolkit" - examine all "beneficial"
aspects of electrification for electric utilities and customers
- 2022-Jul-Sep The Jersey Sierran(page 10): "Electrify Everything to Cut Emissions, Save Money"
- RMI report, 2020 "Regulatory Solutions for Building Decarboniation"
- WEATHERIZATION GRANTS
- $25K HUD
- $6K NGNGas
- 2022-5-2 Building Electrification letter to Gov.Murphy (including position paper)
- 2022-5-11Letter to Gov. Murphy: electrify the 3300 affordable housing units
- 2022-3-1 https://acadiacenter.org/nj-households-could-achieve-over-50-reduction-on-energy-bills-by-combining-electric-appliances-with-home-weatherization-measures/ (press release by Acadia Center and NJ Conservation)
- https://development.zeroenergyproject.org/
- to select builder, design professional, energy consultant, modular homes; architect,...
- "Gas-Free Homes: A Win for Our Climate, Health, and Safety" (Sierra Club 1 minute Building Electrification Commercial)
- net zero future for gas utilities switching to underground thermal networks(2022-3-1)
- Experts say blening hydrogen into gas pipelies wont work(2022-3-29)
- 9/30/2021 letter to Gov. Murphy PDF format ; docx format
- Rewiring America (Building Electrification)
- 2023-6 "Go Electric! (Now)" Rewiring America's Guide to the Inflation Reduction Act; inclues 4 case studies, pages 15-31)
- https://www.rewiringamerica.org/electrify-home-guide
- Electrification won't break the grid, it will make it smarter (use smart electrical panels to shift electrical loads)
- rewiring America Pamphlets/handouts (4/22/2022)
1. four pages, designed to work alone single-sided, or double-sided, or mix-and-match:
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2. printed double-sided (short-edge binding) and folded into a booklet:
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- Pocket Guide to Home Electrification (90 pgs)
- Comparisons of differing heating sources in Monmouth County, NJ. Pat & Steve 3/9/2022 presentation to Barbara Blumenthal, supporter of the Acadia Study
- NJ Benefits of Household Electrification (Rewiring America)
- Rewiring America (enter your own county) NJ Benefits of Household Electrification
- Find out what NJ residents and businesses will pay for clean energy NJ Spotlight, 3/29/2022
- Bloomberg 2022-3-22-building-electrification
- Acadia Center "The Future is Electric - Helping NJ Live in Cleaner, Healthier and More Affordable Homes"
- Building Electrification Institute- "A World where we no longer burn fossil fuels in our buildings"
- Programs to Promote Zero-Energy New Homes and Buildings | (review of 20 zero-energy and zero-energy-ready program) Steven Nadel, ACEEE, Sept 30, 2020
- ACEEE Feb2022 "Building Electrification: Programs and Best Practices"
- Electrify Everything in your Home Building Electrification Guidebook for homeowners and building managers.
- Tactics and Actions Building Electrification (V7 with many comments)- historical- comments are closed
- NYState "Climate Action Act" and subsequent docs:
- Rhode Island 5/27/2020 "Heating Sector Transformation in Rhode Island", Brattle Group
- Bill McKibben proposed "Alternative to Russian Oil" to to mass produce heat pumps for US and Europe
- Additional supporting Docs
- Projecting 2030 NJ GHG reductions from Building Electrification Erickson2022-2-15
- ACEEE, Feb, 2022, "Building Electrification Programs and Best Practices"
- Current Building Electrification Objectives and tactics/actions
- Fairleigh Dickinson Poll (over 60% of NJ residents await building electrification)
- 2022-1-20NJ EMP Consultant Report: 2 pages- key decisions to Least Cost to GHG reductions
Areas of most impact/interest are highlighted in bold larger text
- NJ Benefits of Household Electrification
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
COMMUNITY SOLAR
THOUGHTS ON EVs (a storage component of a building electrical system)
LMI HOUSING (including ALL-ELECTRIC )
PASSIVE HOUSES AND BUILDINGS
NET ZERO BUILDINGS (also see "Passive Houses and Buildings", and "Building Codes" sections , above)
EVALUATION OF ENTRY-LEVEL HEATPUMP IN A NJ HOUSE
AI to CONTROL AND MONITOR ELECTRICAL USAGE
LEADING CLIMATE STATES: MN, ME, IL, CO, MA (+CA-far ahead)
REDUCE LAUNDRY CARBON FOOTPRINT
CARBON MITIGATION TECHNIQUES AND STATUS
2023-7-12 "Mitigating Pollution that Has Already Occurred", Climate Friendly Lifestyle (Breaking the Grid, Part 2B: Carbon capture, reforestation, etc)
WHEN IS DUAL FUEL REQUIRED?
FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES WHICH MIGHT REPLACE FREON-BASED HEAT PUMPS
QR CODE index to all Building Electrification Webinars
