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The D.C. Council has approved a bill aimed at electrifying 30,000 low-income homes across the district by 2040, but a fight is brewing over funding for the program.
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The Biden administration released a plan to decarbonize the country’s building sector, which it says could reduce emissions in the sector by 65% by 2035 and 90% by 2050.
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Building decarbonization is at once critical for the environment, expensive for building owners and potentially taxing for the power grid.
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Arguments over alternative fuels are a main point of contention in the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s development of a clean heat standard.
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The networked heating systems New York wants to test on a pilot scale hold promise for the environment and society but are taking time to design.
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Targeted electrification could allow decommissioning of up to 10% of gas mains but is no silver bullet for solving the gas cost challenge, researchers say.
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More than 70 energy-related laws have been introduced in the first month of the Maryland General Assembly’s 2024 session.
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A recent report by Groundwork Data illustrates the savings in store for all-electric building owners as gas costs increase in the state.
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A memorandum of understanding announced Feb. 7 sets a goal of heat pump technology comprising 65% of residential heating, cooling and water heating equipment sales by 2030.
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The Department of Energy announced four companies have developed high-efficiency cold climate heat pumps as part of its Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Technology Challenge.
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