This is part 3 of an interview with Bruce Mast, who runs Peninsula Climate Comfort, a pilot program to help California residents go from using natural gas appliances to using electric ones. This is often called beneficial electrification. The benefits include more comfort, safer, healthier and helping reduce pollution and Read more…
This is part 2 of our talks with Bruce Mast. To get the background on electrification and heat pump technology, review part 1. In this section, we talk about Bruce’s experience in the energy industry, including why and how he’s in it to overcome the challenges of deploying win-win solutions. Read more…
Bruce Mast has been in the energy industry for over two decades. He’s been looking for win-win solutions to help humanity and the environment for three decades since the Peace Corps. We really welcome him to discuss the beginnings of his latest mission: making homes more comfortable and electric. Bruce Read more…
Figuring out how to introduce solar panel systems into households across America has been a long-discussed topic. A lot of my friends still don’t know that last year in the middle of 2018, the California Energy Commission voted unanimously 5-0 to require all new homes built in California after Jan Read more…
Heat Pump Water Heaters (HPWHs) are a very promising technology in both residential and commercial applications because of their improved efficiency and user benefits. A HPWH operates on an electrically-driven vapor compression cycle and pumps energy from its surroundings to water in a storage tank, raising the temperature of the Read more…
With the world slowly coming to realize how important it is to conserve the environment, many advances have been made to change our daily lives in favor of the ecosystem. Methods like water-saving, electricity usage reduction, and Earth Hour are just among the few global campaigns. However, in a move Read more…
Some of you might be asking what is a heat pump? It doesn’t sound like an air conditioner, but people are saying you can use one instead. Does a “heat pump” heat or cool a place? A heat pump can heat and cool a home. If you’re looking Read more…