Guides and how-tos
Could you get home energy and EV incentives under the climate law?
Find out which tax credits and upfront discounts you can earn for heat pumps, solar, electric vehicles and more — and how much money they could save you.
Heat pumps
Heat pumps
This new training program will put people to work as heat-pump installers
A Philadelphia nonprofit is gearing up to prepare its first group of trainees for one of the energy transition’s most crucial jobs.
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Heat pumps
Finally, a heat-pump water heater that plugs into a standard outlet
How a public-private collaboration brought a key climate-change-fighting tool to market: an efficient 120-volt water heater that can be easily installed in homes.
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Electrification
Climate law could spur ‘market transformation’ in home electrification
The Inflation Reduction Act has tax credits, rebates and loans to make homes more efficient and move them from fossil fuels to electricity.
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Heat pumps
Chart: Which states have the most heat pumps?
More than 17 million U.S. homes have central heat pumps. Most of them are in states you might not expect.
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Guest Essay
America's heat-pump market has a sugar-crash problem
Incentive programs for heat pumps offer big consumer rebates that cause demand to spike, then they run out of money and cause demand to plummet. Here’s a fix.
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Heat pumps
Window heat pumps will help electrify New York City's apartments
A $70 million initiative will deploy 30,000 electric heat pumps to bring climate-friendly comfort to residents of NYC's aging public-housing units.
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Heat pumps
Heat pumps perform well in below-freezing weather, new research finds
A study in Maine found that heat pumps without fossil-fueled backup can deliver comfort and cost savings — even in the state's subzero winter temperatures.
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Carbon-free buildings
How century-old 'district energy' networks can help decarbonize cities
Vicinity Energy aims to convert Boston's steam network to run on clean electricity, showing how some cities can move toward climate-friendly heating and cooling of buildings.
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Guest Essay
A new bill could speed up American electrification by 20 years
The Senate proposal aimed at accelerating the adoption of heat pumps would save consumers money and boost domestic manufacturing, our guest authors say.
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Carbon-free buildings
Washington state moves to electrify new buildings by requiring heat pumps
New commercial buildings in Washington will have to conform to what are now the country’s strongest electrification standards for the sector.
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