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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 …”
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.”
Pantano: US heat pumps outsold gas and oil furnaces in 2022
“Heat pumps outsold furnaces for the gas and oil furnaces as heating equipment for the first time last year.”
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…”
Pantano: Maine exceeded its 100,000 heat pump target years ahead of schedule
“Now, for example, one success story of late is the state of Maine, which had a 100,000 heat pump sales target for its statewide climate goals, and exceeded that a couple years ahead of schedule, and then revised that goal up to, I believe, a 175,000 systems.”
Pantano: US Needs 3.2M Induction Stoves by 2025, Double Current Pace
“On cooking, I can tell you we've looked at 3.2 million induction stoves needed, again, up until that 2025 time period, that's over the first three years. Business as usual suggests we'll have about one and a half million sales over that period, so we need to a…”
Pantano: New induction stoves use built-in batteries to run on 120-volt outlets
“So one good example of this is some new induction stoves that are being brought to market, which have a bank of batteries where the warming drawer would ordinarily be. They also plug into the wall so they can also run off a 120 volts, replace a gas stove and t…”