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October 2020

News | Health and environmental experts are coming for your gas stove via New York Post

Health experts are advising to use electric stoves over glass flames.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 29, 2020 ago

News | Gas Stoves Are the Scariest Thing in the Kitchen via GIZMODO

As a Climate Person, I strongly believe we urgently need to electrify everything and ditch natural gas completely. The problem is, I love my gas stove.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 28, 2020 ago

Webinar | Clean Cooking with Induction: Kick gas out of the kitchen!

Induction stoves are the cleanest way to cook and offer precision, speed, and control without the environmental, health, and safety hazards of gas.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 27, 2020 ago

News | Hot real estate tip: An all-electric home will probably save you money – via Grist

Despite the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, at least one sector of the economy seems to be booming: residential construction. Specifically, the construction of single-family homes.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 23, 2020 ago

News | Here’s how much it would cost to move every home in the U.S. to zero-carbon energy via Fast Company

A new report looks at what it would take for every household to fully decarbonize. Not only is it feasible with technology that exists today, it finds, but the shift could actually save Americans money.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 22, 2020 ago

News | Gas stoves can lead to unhealthy air inside homes, expert warns via KGW8

ORTLAND, Ore — As we shut our windows and insulate our homes for the fall and winter, a warning from air quality experts: That gas stove you’re using could be making the air inside your home unhealthy.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 20, 2020 ago

News | Editorial: This is easy — new buildings should be designed for a fossil fuel-free future via Los Angeles Times

On the heels of yet another summer of near-record heat, one thing is clear: If humankind is to make meaningful progress in the fight to limit global warming, we must fundamentally alter how we create and consume energy.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 19, 2020 ago

News | Fighting Climate Change, One Building At A Time via NPR

When Donnel Baird was in his 20s, he had twin passions, and he didn’t want to choose between them. “I vowed that I was going to try to combine my passion for Black civil rights with trying to do something about climate change,” he says.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 18, 2020 ago

News | Homeowners snapping up heat pumps as COVID focuses spending on homes via Newsday

A new generation of heating and cooling systems, which work without fossil fuels, are being snapped up in an unexpected 2020 uptick despite economic woes tied to COVID-19.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 15, 2020 ago

Event | 2nd Annual Residential Michigan Net Zero Conference – Virtual

The 2nd annual Zero Net Energy Residential Conference is bringing together State and Regional experts to discuss and share what a Zero-Net home is and ways to break down the barriers to get new and existing residential buildings to become zero-net.

By mwbdc, 2 yearsOctober 12, 2020 ago

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