In my previous posts about the economics of electrification, I’ve focused on whole home heat pump conversions and I’ve not adequately appreciated the economics of partial conversions.
Carbon and Climate
building energy, divestment, emissions data, personal footprint, preparing for climate change, reducing emissions in ma, science and goals
The Municipal Rate Advantage
In the many municipalities with their own light department or a municipal aggregation program, the probability of operating savings is high, although cumulative operating savings may remain modest as compared to the capital costs of a heat pump conversion.
Heat Pump Economics
Even for a conversion from an oil burner, consumers should not count on operating savings from a heat pump conversion.
Heat pump performance
It seems very clear that we should generally expect actual heat pump performance materially below rated performance .
Home Energy Retrofit Programs in the IRA
This post identifies the IRA measures supporting existing home retrofits for energy efficiency and heating electrification.
Our heat pump experience
Yesterday, National Grid shut off service to our two unit home and pulled the gas meters from our basement.