Resources & Links

California rebates & contractors

  • TECH Clean California shows information about available rebates in California

  • The Switch is On can help you find a California contractor who is enrolled in TECH to take advantage of the rebates

Videos

And check out some of our webinars below!

 

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Navigating the Heat Pump Landscape: Helping Consumers, Utilities and Cities Make Economic Decisions

About the webinar

See how the City of Fort Collins, Lumina Decision Systems, and Apex Analytics are helping to affordably decarbonize buildings by making better decisions about which electrification technologies to pursue.

Many cities and states are adopting aggressive climate goals, requiring concerted action on the part of utilities, cities, and residents to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Lumina and Apex have developed a tool based on the National Standard Practice Manual (NSPM) guidance to help optimize cost-effectiveness of building electrification programs, including calculation of marginal cost of CO2 abatement. This tool was used to prioritize and improve new residential building electrification measures. Research also showed the importance of filling gaps in customer and contractor knowledge of heat pumps.

This event was hosted by:

  • James Milford, who heads Lumina's Consulting Services. James has more than fourteen years of experience using Analytica for energy and environmental modeling research and consulting.

  • Justin Spencer is a professional engineer and works as the Project Director with Apex Analytics. For the last 15 years, he has consulted on energy efficiency programs for utilities, cities, and states.

  • Brian Tholl is the Energy Services Supervisor for Fort Collins Utilities and leads a team of utility professionals. Fort Collins Utilities is prioritizing the integration of Distributed Energy Resources programs for residential, commercial and industrial customers and seeks decarbonization strategies that improve community equity and resilience.

 

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Heat Pump Calculator Inner Workings with Hadi Eshraghi

 
 

About the webinar

Join Lumina’s Senior Consultant Hadi Eshraghi as he explains how the heat pump model was built. Hadi was one of the main developers on the heat pump calculator. Follow along as he walks through the inner workings of the model and what decisions were made in its creation.

 
 

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Heat Pumps 101: Central California

Learn how a heat pump can save energy, reduce emissions, and improve your home!

About the webinar

Along the Central Coast of California, 50% of building emissions come from heating residential homes. Communities are realizing that going electric can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and installing high efficiency electric heat pumps to heat and cool homes is part of the solution.

This webinar explained the basics of heat pumps and highlighted the most common heat pump technologies on the market. The talk also went over the latest rebates through the State of California (where you can save thousands of dollars per unit installed) and how to apply for them.

We will also demoed our new Heat Pump Evaluation Tool - an online calculator that tells you how much money and emissions you can save by switching from conventional heating/cooling systems to electric heat pumps. All attendees received free access to the online tool to evaluate how much energy and emissions they can save in their own home! The online calculator is specific to the CCCE service area (which extends roughly from Santa Cruz to San Luis Obispo).

This webinar was funded by Central Coast Community Energy and in collaboration with the City of Santa Cruz Climate Action Program.

About the speaker: Krista Myers is the Community Engagement Coordinate at Lumina Decision Systems. Krista has 7 years of experience in research, project management, and science communication. Before joining Lumina, Krista has travelled to Antarctica 6 times to maintain long term climate records. Krista is passionate about engaging with the public about climate solutions, and is involved in local environmental organizations in Santa Cruz, CA.