by Jay Stein | Sep 12, 2024 | Efficiency, Residential, Technology
Image by: Phyxter.ai The refrigerant that charged up air conditioners and heat pumps for the last 15 years is going away in 2025, and replaced by two new more climate-friendly ones. Whether you’re buying a new system, or you want to help battle the misinformation...
by Jay Stein | Sep 8, 2023 | Commercial, Indoor Air Quality, Technology
Source: Anthony Quintano (https://www.flickr.com/photos/quintanomedia/52958921436/) When the smoke from Canadian wildfires spread through much of North America during the summer of 2023, it gave rise to an important question: How do you keep indoor air fresh when the...
by Jay Stein | May 12, 2023 | Efficiency, Residential, Technology, Uncategorized
We want dual-fuel heating systems—electric heat pumps combined with gas furnaces for backup—to minimize our carbon footprints and utility bills. Currently, no one makes thermostats that would enable these systems to do these things, but if governments and...
by Jay Stein | Feb 3, 2023 | Efficiency, Residential, Technology
Heat pumps are becoming more efficient, less expensive, and more climate friendly. Understanding the legislation and regulations driving these changes is vital for consumers, policy wonks, investors, and electrification advocates. There’s a perfect storm going on in...
by Jay Stein | May 4, 2022 | Residential, Technology
Concerns about climate-warming refrigerants leaking from heat pumps are valid. Even so, the benefits of installing heat pumps instead of natural gas furnaces far outweigh the drawbacks. The number of cities moving to ban natural gas heating in new buildings, and...