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New Tool Helps w ith Selection and Installation of Heat Pump Water Heaters

HPWHs can be two to four times more efficient than standard units, which translates to energy savings and reduced carbon emissions. (Flickr/Jeff Robbins)

The Department of Energy aims to reduce barriers to technology adoption by providing customized, comprehensive guidance for sizing, selection, and installation

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of […]

Sunapee, NH’s 95-Yr-Old School Gets Renewable Heat

The boiler building and silo, which holds 37 tons of dry wood chips, sit down the hill from the school. A pair of buried, insulated pipes connect the boiler to the school. (Froling Energy)

Jim Van Valkenburgh

After one full winter heating mainly with Froling Energy’s renewable PDC dried wood […]

Installing Heat Pumps in New Houses or Converting Existing Houses is a Good Idea, but…

This stone cellar wall can be insulated with spray foam. (Images: Bob Irving)

Robert H. Irving

Air source heat pumps (ASHP) are now in widespread demand for both new construction and older homes. Many with older homes are making the decision to toss their old oil or gas burner and install […]

Cheshire County, NH Implements Building Energy Improvements, Switch to Renewables

Old court house in Cheshire County opted to have a Froling Energy dried wood chip-fired boiler installed with city gas backup. (www.courthouses.co/nh/cheshire-cnty/)

Martin Wahl

Energy Efficient Investments of Merrimack, NH (EEI) was first introduced to Cheshire County NH in 2019. At the time the County had significant problems – their plan […]

Audits Help Efforts to Reduce Energy Costs – NY, VT, NH, ME

NEW YORK: Residential Energy Audits for No Cost

Take control of your energy bill and live more comfortably in your home. It all starts with a no-cost home energy assessment conducted by participating residential auditors. The assessment, also referred to as an energy audit, provides you with a top-to-bottom look at where your home is […]

Green Heating Fuels from Bourne’s Energy

Bourne’s Energy biofuel blending plant and rewnewable propane in Morrisville, VT (Courtesy photos)

Jessie Haas

In drafting laws and regulations to promote clean-energy technologies, states and the federal government have hoped to ensure that these options are available to those in lower-income brackets. However, when a retrofit or replacement of your […]

NY Geothermal Conference

Christine Hoffer

The New York Geothermal Energy Organization, NY-GEO, will host its Albany conference on April 8-9 at the Marriott on Wolfe Road. The conference will bring together the best of the best in the geothermal industry offering inspirational keynotes and educational tracks that will appeal to seasoned professionals, as well as someone […]

New Innovative Geothermal Manufacturing Facility Coming to Troy, NY

Energy Catalyst, LLC (Capital Region) Among 19 Projects Awarded More Than $15 Million for Regional Economic Development.

Energy Catalyst’s heat pump system is the only ground source Energy Star-certified heat pump in North America that can reuse existing home baseboards and radiators. (Courtesy photo)

On February 5, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that over […]

Fossil Fuels Give Way to Warm Rock at College Campuses

Tufts University installed a geothermal system in January 2019. (Cushing and Sons)

Michael J. Daley

When I was assigned the task of investigating the many college and institutional geothermal heating systems being installed or planned for the northeast, I had visions of well drillers probing the Earth for hidden bubbling, boiling […]

IRA GUIDANCE For Heating & Homes

U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS Release Guidance to Lower Americans Utility Bills, Increase Energy Efficiency of Homes

As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service released guidance on an important provision of the Inflation Reduction Act that will […]