Electric kitchen conversions are expensive, but as California weans itself off fossil fuels, these chefs say it’s good for food quality, climate and health.

Join BDC and the Future of Heat Initiative for a discussion about utilities’ accelerated gas pipeline replacement programs, including new research on their costs and safety outcomes. Using Pennsylvani...

BDC celebrates the funding included in Gov. Hochul's Climate Week announcement that will advance neighborhood-scale building electrification.

Join BDC and the Future of Heat Initiative for a discussion about utilities’ accelerated gas pipeline replacement programs, including new research on their costs and safety outcomes. Using Pennsylvani...

Energy efficiency keeps money in Californians’ pockets through savings on utility bills over the life of the home.

Utilities are spending billions of dollars replacing aging gas lines. But experts question the safety benefit even as ratepayers are picking up the tab.

Ten pilot projects were authorized under the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act. The PSC needs to approve them as soon as possible.

Today, the California Legislature voted to pass the Heat Pump Access Act (SB 222), authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)—making California the first state in the nation to streamline heat...

The Community Investment Framework is the perfect opportunity to leverage data center investments and accelerate the decarbonization of communities who chose to host them.

Heat pumps don’t emit pollution and can reduce home utility bills. They’d be ubiquitous appliances for home heating and cooling if their installation costs could be slashed. A larger, more knowledgeab...

This month, we're spotlighting how CAHPP member A.O. Smith’s brand new heat pump product, the Voltex® X Outdoor Split Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) developed in partnership with Panasonic, is helping ...

The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

OPINION — One of California's most surprising clean energy affordability breakthroughs isn't unfolding in San Francisco or Los Angeles. It's happening in hot, dry rural Kern County, where local contra...

The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

Electric heating reached its highest-ever share of the U.S. new housing market in 2024, the Building Decarbonization Coalition report said, as 61% of the units completed that year were outfitted with ...

In the first quarter of this year, heat pump sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32 percent. Here's what makes the appliance so powerful.

One Los Angeles contractor found a planet-friendly solution to a problem many California mobile home park residents face: dangerous heat and unaffordable cooling.

The first-ever process will enable voluntary pilot programs where it will benefit homeowners with affordable, zero-emission alternatives like neighborhood electrification and thermal energy networks

A Department of Energy study found that the latest version of an international energy code would raise construction costs by billions — and ignored bill…

Opinion: Amid record-breaking heat, investing in healthier, more affordable homes is so important, writes Ruth Ann Norton and Tony Sirna.

SB 222, the Heat Pump Access Act authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), passed the Assembly Local Government Committee with bipartisan support after passing the Assembly Housing Committee...

If you walk into the 80,000-square-foot Cypress Mandela Training Center on a weekday morning in East Oakland, you'll find 50 to 60 trade apprentices deep in classroom lessons and hands-on training dem...

California is installing zero-emission electric appliances and energy-saving upgrades at no cost to low-income households across the state under the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program.

The Building Decarbonization Coalition hosted its annual Electric Happy Hour in Sacramento to educate and raise favorability for electrification through heat pumps and induction.

Illinois' environmental movement will gather at the State Capitol to meet with legislators and push for support of the POWER Act (SB4016/HB5513) - nation-leading legislation that protects Illinois fro...

The Building Decarbonization Coalition celebrates the investments included in the enacted state budget that will direct funding towards renewable energy and decarbonizing buildings.

"The reason there is an abundance movement at all is to address the same challenges facing union members: working families and marginalized communities are being crushed under the weight of a status q...

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New heat pump funding and authorization of Maryland’s Strategic Energy Investment Fund for building electrification will lower Marylanders’ energy bills and create jobs

Heat Pump Week engages contractors, communities, policymakers, and industry professionals for a week of educational, experiential, and training events to build awareness of heat pumps and drive market...