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Lessons from inside the heat dome about the future of the electric grid

GreenBiz

Even without extreme weather events, the power grid needs love. The grid was largely built in the 1950s and 1960s with a 35- to 80-year life expectancy , meaning much of it should have been retired and replaced by now. All-electric HVAC systems are more efficient. Society of Civil Engineers’ quadrennial report card. .

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Nine states, including California and New York, sign heat pump agreement to clean up air pollution

The Verge: Energy

By 2040, the goal is for heat pumps to account for 90 percent of the HVAC and water heating market. And because they’re electric, they can feasibly run on renewables like wind and solar once there’s more clean energy coursing through power grids. They signed a letter of support for the MOU yesterday.

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Emerson Acquires OSI for $1.6B as Grid Edge Software Landscape Consolidates

GreenTechMedia

In the latest example , Emerson, one of the country’s biggest industrial, commercial and residential automation and HVAC systems providers, is acquiring OSI Inc. It’s also a long-time player in grid-enabled devices such as smart thermostats and remote-controllable water heaters. More than a dozen U.S.

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Smart home app gamifies grid-reactive air con for consumers

Smart Energy International

A new partnership in the US combines a demand response programme with smart air conditioners, enabling a gamified reward system to incentivise consumers to lower consumption at times of peak demand on the power grid.

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Canada’s power grid is pretty clean. Here’s why it needs to be cleaner

Clean Energy Canada

It includes the people who make our homes waste less energy: insulators and HVAC operators. Some of that is nuclear, but most is renewable power, especially hydro, which is abundant in provinces like Quebec, B.C. What does this accelerated transition to a clean power grid mean for Canada? and Manitoba.

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Some 75% of surveyed Americans would jump at a ‘green’ job in solar, wind or EVs, which tend to pay 21% more

Mosaic

That might include wind, solar and nuclear energy, and an upgraded power grid, all areas that require engineers, software developers, solar-panel installers, HVAC technicians, finance professionals and more. The clean energy revolution involves an incredibly diverse workforce.

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Buyer’s Guide for Sustainable Home Products

Green Business Bureau

2021 ENERGY STAR Emerging Technology Award winner, the Samsung Smart Induction Cooktop with Wi-Fi is one of the top energy efficient induction stoves with 5-10% greater efficiency than conventional electric cooktops and 3 times greater efficiency than gas cooktops. Today, thanks to the latest flushing technology, toilets consume 1.28