Adams: Full home decarbonization requires 100% heat pump adoption by 2030
Nate Adams · One weird trick to decarbonize your home · Jun 29, 2022 · at 9:58
HVAC expert Nate Adams explains the replacement timeline math needed to achieve full US home decarbonization by 2050.
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“If we would like to finish home decarbonization by twenty-fifty, we need to be, around twenty-thirty, installing 100% heat pumps.”
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