Tag: Heat Pumps
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Power Ahead Colorado supports local heat pump shops; builds skilled trades workforce
Power Ahead Colorado’s work to support small heat pump contractors while building the skilled workforce needed for the region’s clean energy transition continues to gain momentum. The program of the Denver Regional Council of Governments, funded by a nearly $200 million EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant, provides free energy advising, upcoming financial incentives and a…
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$200M in federal funds to be deployed in Denver area for heat pumps aimed at reducing emissions
The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) has officially launched a $200 million program to help reduce carbon emissions with heat pumps. The regional organization announced its new initiative, “Power Ahead Colorado,” which also includes partnerships with the Colorado Energy Office, Xcel Energy, Rewiring America and others to help achieve DRCOG’s goal of reducing greenhouse…
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Colorado Energy Office issues $17 million in geothermal grants
Funding supports Polis’ “Heat Beneath Our Feet” policy
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Colorado Mesa University heats and cools using ground-source heat pumps
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the University’s geothermal network is one of the largest heat pump systems in North America,
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Downtown Denver geothermal pilot project receives $4.9 million from the Colorado Energy Office
Converting Xcel’s chilled-water loop could save 1.4 billion gallons of water per year
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Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, federal agency says
The average American household that uses electricity to heat a home this winter will pay hundreds of dollars more than those who use natural gas, according to a new report from a federal agency. The report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration said a home that uses electricity will pay 77 percent more or an…
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Heat pump performs below par at high altitude, in really cold weather, Xcel, NREL study shows
Jeff Lyng, area vice president for energy and sustainability policy at Xcel Energy, sat down with The Denver Gazette for a discussion about novel new research on the performance of air-source heat pumps in Colorado’s climate. The unique research, in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), aims to determine the viability of heat…
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Sierra Club, environmental groups petition EPA to ban natural gas for home heating
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than two dozen environmental organizations petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of natural gas for home heating nationwide, arguing the federal agency must regulate “deadly pollution from heating appliances.” The petition, sponsored by the Sierra Club, claims fossil fuel-fired home furnaces,…
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New statewide building code could cost homeowners $68 billion
A new law that a Colorado think tank says paves the way for converting all homes in the state to electricity for cooking, space and water heating and EV charging could cost Colorado homeowners between $59 and $68 billion by 2031, and would exacerbate Colorado’s already acute housing shortage. In its analysis of House Bill…