Steve Pantano of Rewiring America discusses US residential electrification trends with host Shayle Kann.
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Pantano: US faces a 204,000-unit heat pump water heater gap by 2025
“So our, according to our calculations nationally, again, to that twenty-twenty-five deadline, we need 810,000 heat pump water heaters in total installed across the country. We're on pace for 613,000, which leaves about 204,000 or so as a gap in terms of what w…”
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Pantano: Household decisions drive about 42% of US energy emissions
“So the number we use for that is about 42%. Of overall energy-related emissions coming from these so-called kitchen table decisions about what equipment you use in your home, what kind of car you drive, whether you use solar on your roof or community solar to …”
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Pantano: Combined space and water heat pumps will remain niche for now
“I think it's a niche for now. I'd be, I mean, there's a lot of innovation out there that's yet to sort of hit its stride. That could be one where we start to see some interesting market growth. But yeah, I think for now, I mean, most of these products, HVAC an…”
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Pantano: Future appliance innovation will attract consumers for non-climate reasons
“They're just a better experience overall, and I think the market's starting to catch on to that the market broadly for a lot of these products, and we'll start to see innovations that bring people to this conversation from very different places that have nothi…”
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Pantano: Space Heating and Cooling Accounts for 55% of Average US Home Emissions
“The DOE tells us that about 55% of the emissions from an average home comes from heating and cooling, or your HVAC system. 19% from water heating three percent from clothes drying, and two percent from cooking.”
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Pantano: 2023 US heat pump shipments fell 9.5% while furnaces dropped 25%
“We've got nine and a half percent slowdown in heat pump shipments, but still sales of 2.7 million year to date as of August of this year, and that's from the latest Data from AHRI, the industry association. But even gas furnaces are down about 25%. Gas and oil…”