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Carbon and Climate

building energy, divestment, emissions data, personal footprint, preparing for climate change, reducing emissions in ma, science and goals

Frameworks for heat pump analysis

As we consider heat pumps we need to be clear about which framework we are thinking from. This post identifies three alternative frameworks, identifies the quantitative questions relevant to each …

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Posted byWill BrownsbergerMay 21, 2023June 5, 2023Posted inBuilding Energy

Heat Pump Installation Volume

The slow pace is the most commonly shared concern about our building electrification strategy. We are not doing heat pump conversions nearly fast enough to hit our climate goals and it is not obvious that we can sufficiently accelerate the process.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerMay 20, 2023July 19, 2023Posted inBuilding Energy

Second Order Benefits and Costs of Electrification

It may be acceptable to ignore second order costs and benefits associated with heat pump conversions.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerMay 18, 2023May 19, 2023Posted inBuilding Energy1 Comment on Second Order Benefits and Costs of Electrification

Customer behavior with heat pumps

Customer choices are both consequential and especially hard to predict in the context of partial heat pump conversions.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerMay 17, 2023May 21, 2023Posted inBuilding Energy1 Comment on Customer behavior with heat pumps

Portfolio Performance

This post speaks to a mathematical refinement in evaluating the performance of a portfolio of heat pumps — the difference between portfolio SCOP and the average of individual SCOPs across a portfolio — a refinement that may or may not be important in the real world.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerMay 17, 2023May 17, 2023Posted inBuilding Energy

Heat Pump Installation Costs

There is little data on current heat pump installation costs, but it seems clear that costs have risen substantially.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerMay 17, 2023September 2, 2023Posted inBuilding Energy2 Comments on Heat Pump Installation Costs

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