Unlocking Home Electrification With Heat Pumps

The Energy Gang

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🗓️ 15 April 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Every few seconds, a new residential HVAC system or water heater is installed around America. Most of them are designed to burn oil and gas -- locking in 15-20 more years of carbon pollution.

So how do we electrify 100% of that new equipment rapidly? This week: a wide-ranging conversation about how to unlock the residential market.

Katherine and Stephen are joined by Nate Adams, the co-founder of HVAC 2.0. He’s called “the house whisperer” for a reason. They discuss the benefit of home electrification, the opportunity, and the market constraints.

Later in the show, a new trend in real estate: Redfin released a survey of prospective homebuyers, asking them about how they’d factor climate risk into their decisions. Half of them said that intensifying natural disasters influenced their decision to relocate. What are the consequences for the market?

Resources:

Grist: The Barriers to Home Electrification
Workshop: Nate Adams’ Electrify Everything Course
Redfin Survey: Climate Change Influencing American Home Buyers
Lisbeth Kaufman: Why I’m Buying a Climate Haven

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0:00.0	The Energy Gang is brought to you by Aurora Solar.
0:03.8	If you're looking to grow your career in solar tech, then look no further than Aurora.
0:09.0	Aurora Solar is the leader in solar design and sales software with over 5 million projects
0:13.5	designed in the platform to date, and Aurora is hiring across multiple roles, including
0:18.3	customer success, marketing, sales operations, and more.
0:21.8	See open roles and apply to join Aurora, voted one of the best places to work in 2021
0:26.6	at aurora solar dot com.
0:32.4	This is the Energy Gang, weekly debates and discussions about the fast changing world
0:35.9	of energy.
0:36.9	I'm Stephen Lacey.
0:44.0	Every few seconds, a new residential HVAC system or water heater is installed around America.
0:49.6	Most of them are designed to burn oil and gas, locking in 15 to 20 more years of carbon
0:54.7	pollution.
0:55.7	So how do we electrify 100% of that new equipment rapidly?
1:00.0	This week, unlocking residential electrification.
1:03.2	We've got a real live house whisperer with us to talk through it.
1:06.4	Plus, climate risk is weighing on home buyers.
1:09.2	What are the consequences for the market?
1:14.2	Katherine Hamilton is my regular co-host.
1:16.5	She's in Arlington, Virginia.
1:17.7	Hey, Katherine.
1:18.7	Hey, happy to be here.
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