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A Boom Is Coming for All-Electric Homes Despite Lagging Consumer Awareness

GreenTechMedia

The surge in spending on all-electric homes is expected even though many consumers are unfamiliar with the natural gas-displacing electric appliances on the market today. Around 70 million American homes burn natural gas, oil, or propane for home space and water heating, according to Navigant Research.

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How energy providers can prepare for summer heat with innovative solutions

Renewable Energy World

California and other states are pushing to use clean electricity to power vehicles and buildings to cut carbon, which will increase demand. And the state’s last nuclear power plant and numerous coastal gas power plants are facing retirement. THE BIG RETHINK.

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I Converted a Home Fully to Electricity. Here’s How It Worked — and What It Cost

GreenTechMedia

It is more cost effective to add solar and storage than to improve the efficiency of the building shell, or to replace existing HVAC equipment prior to its end of life with new high efficiency equipment. Time to burn that bridge to natural gas. However, with rooftop solar in the equation at an average rate of $0.10/kWh,

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Is There Enough Biomass to Fuel the World? Part II

Mr. Sustainability

Biomass: essentially solar-powered batteries provided by nature. These are crude oil (35%), coal (28%) and natural gas (24%). An example is a HVAC system, or Heating Ventilating Air-Conditioning system. The things we need energy for (applications) are heating, transport and electricity.

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A Texas-Sized Gas-for-Electricity Swap

GreenTechMedia

What would happen if you converted all the single-family homes in Texas from natural gas to electric heating? That if we electrify a lot of different end uses or sectors of the economy that power demand of the grid would double or something like that.” cents per therm for natural gas. According to the U.S.

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Utilities must educate customers about their power to curb climate change

Renewable Energy World

We need to do everything we can to eliminate carbon fuels like natural gas, oil, and propane from our homes. Replace oil and gas burning furnaces with heat pump technology, either air-source or geothermal. Replace gas stoves with induction stoves, which use less energy and don’t emit noxious fumes.

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Buyer’s Guide for Sustainable Home Products

Green Business Bureau

Using remote sensors to detect temperature imbalances, smart thermostats can achieve an even heating and cooling throughout your home as well as turn off the HVAC when you’re away, saving on energy and money. Investing in a solar-powered AC unit or whole system can offset these emissions. GREE DC inverter HVAC systems.