Full Title: Hot, Cold, & Clean: Policy Solutions to Promote Equitable and Affordable Adoption of Heat Pump Retrofits in Existing Buildings
Author(s): Ethan Elkind, Ross Zelen, and Katie Segal
Publisher(s): Berkley Law Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment
Publication Date: July 30, 2022
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Description (excerpt):
California’s residential and commercial building sector accounts for nearly a quarter of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, with combustion of fuel for heating buildings generating more than 10 percent of state emissions. As the state moves toward all-electric buildings, and as climate change exacerbates the need for air conditioning, replacing older gas-powered furnaces and air conditioning units with heat pumps—a highly efficient technology that provides space and water heating and cooling—can increase efficiency, comfort and resilience. Heat pump deployment in existing buildings is a key aspect of the overall integrated strategy to achieve carbon-free targets for the buildings sector.