This bill sounds good but it would also be nice if it was tied with solar incentives for homeowners/businesses given the energy requirements of heat pumps. But it’s a step forward!
Slightly off topic but heat pumps brought this to mind: I wish we would also find ways to spur geothermal development and to incentivize the oil/drilling companies to get onboard. Closed loop systems would be a great way to generate electricity and district heating for urban areas.
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While heat pump adoption is great, since 80% of pollution is caused by industry, that’s where the efforts should be FIRST. Homeowners later.
CurlSagan on
Those damn millennials can’t afford to adopt kids, so instead they’re adopting heat pumps, eh? Ha! heh heh.
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A bill in the California Senate aims to streamline the California’s permitting process for heat pumps and create a certification program for contractors who install heat pumps and heat pump heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
“Unfortunately,” Sen. Wiener said in a press release, “the permitting process for heat pumps is deeply broken, making homeowners suffer long waits, high fees, and needless hoops just to install a heat pump.”
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This bill sounds good but it would also be nice if it was tied with solar incentives for homeowners/businesses given the energy requirements of heat pumps. But it’s a step forward!
Slightly off topic but heat pumps brought this to mind: I wish we would also find ways to spur geothermal development and to incentivize the oil/drilling companies to get onboard. Closed loop systems would be a great way to generate electricity and district heating for urban areas.
While heat pump adoption is great, since 80% of pollution is caused by industry, that’s where the efforts should be FIRST. Homeowners later.
Those damn millennials can’t afford to adopt kids, so instead they’re adopting heat pumps, eh? Ha! heh heh.
A bill in the California Senate aims to streamline the California’s permitting process for heat pumps and create a certification program for contractors who install heat pumps and heat pump heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
“Unfortunately,” Sen. Wiener said in a press release, “the permitting process for heat pumps is deeply broken, making homeowners suffer long waits, high fees, and needless hoops just to install a heat pump.”