How can you know if your existing home’s heating and cooling systems are efficient? New homes are often modeled in software before they are constructed, and in many states this model is required to result in a certain level of heating and cooling efficiency. But after a home has been Read more…
It’s logical that household energy use will go up while we’re all spending more time at home. But how much more? Ohmconnect thinks it may be as much as $1.2B in increased utility bills for California residents. Ouch! Happily, there’s lots of low- and no-cost things we can do to reduce our home energy Read more…
Lisa Schmidt from HEA talks about a free program to lower energy bills for Californians. HomeIntel focuses on “easy savings” with no purchases or $20-25 devices. Fyi, the California Energy Commission (CEC) supported HEA and volunteers to put together this educational website. This is part 3 of our interview with Read more…
Lisa Schmidt from HEA talks about a free program to lower energy bills for PG&E customers in California. Californians end up saving on energy bills with help from professionals free of charge. Lisa’s program, HomeIntel, is one of the P4P pilots that focus on lowering bills without needing to spend Read more…
Lisa Schmidt from HEA talks about a free program to lower energy bills for PG&E customers in California. It’s called HomeIntel, part of something PG&E offers under something called “pay for performance” often called “P4P.” Pay-for-performance is part of an arrangement between the State of California and the utility companies. 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…
Previously, in part 1, Claudia Richter from OhmConnect explains how easy it is to get started with Demand Response. In part 2 of our interview, she now talks about the future of smart grids where residents get to “orchestrate” their energy use. In the future, people get to seamlessly be Read more…
Claudia Richter from OhmConnect explains what Demand Response is and why this program can actually pay people for saving energy in their homes. We’ve explained before how Demand Response can be a win-win for California. Pretty much, when everyone is pigging out on electricity, people who are willing to use Read more…
In part 1 and part 2 of this interview, Patti talks about how our communities really need energy efficiency and how easy it is if people knew to focus on unnecessary waste. This is part 3 of the interview where she shares examples from her energy coaching where people were Read more…