A heat pump was the best decision we’ve ever made. Perfect fit for the California climate.

heat 👏 pumps👏 ! (for you and a bunch of your neighbors, at a 10-20% discount)

Our Summer '26 Heat Pump Group Buy launch has been a smashing success. In <48 hours since we launched, we've had a flood of inquiries and it's not slowing down. Own a house in California? Waiting for the right moment to get a heat pump? This might be your moment. heatpumpgroupbuy.com

Taking off around the country indeed! If you're in California, check out heatpumpgroupbuy.com serving the San Francisco Bay Area and LA! Thanks for the shout out, @canarymedia.com!

Installing heat pumps at a dozen houses on a block costs less than doing so at a dozen houses all over town. Roll trucks to the block for a couple of days, bang out a bunch of installs, pass 10-20% savings on to the households. Also a good way to nudge neighbors off the electrification fence!

Had a great time chatting with @alisontakemura.bsky.social at @canarymedia.com about our experience running the @heatpumped.org x @vayu.pro & @volthub.bsky.social California Heat Pump Group Buy! And some exciting news - we've just relaunched the program! heatpumpgroupbuy.com 🧵

Stoked to share the shiny new @vayu.pro website! I think it does a much better job capturing our ethos and the humans behind it. Check it out and let me know what you think!

Don’t even know where to start about how misleading the caption is for this article. It’s not a “gas water heater ban”, and “expensive heat pumps” is a very loaded choice of words. Newspapers have a responsibility to tell the whole story without a slant, this is disappointing.

And here we observe the heat pump in its natural habitat... magnificent. I've dedicated my life to studying these beautiful machines, and this Earth Day, I'm bringing you along for the expedition. We'll cover everything from species ID to installation. Register now: luma.com/o2pao92m

Crikey! 🐊 I've spent years tracking these magnificent creatures across basements and backyards. This Earth Day, I'm taking you on a virtual safari into the wild world of heat pumps. Come learn how to spot 'em, appreciate 'em, and install 'em right. No binoculars required. 🔗 luma.com/o2pao92m

Thinking about getting a heat pump and don't know where to start? Want to get a new AC in before the summer? This virtual #HeatPumpWeek event is your opportunity to get your questions answered! We'll be focused on Bay Area homeowners, but all are welcome to join! luma.com/O2PAO92M

Really excited about this one. We made the guide we wished existed when we first starting getting curious about heat pumps. Starting this week, we're breaking down each section. check it out: guide.heatpumped.org

Electric Vehicles xkcd.com/3214/

Lots of great points in here. I also wrote about similar themes in @sfchronicle.com a few months ago: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies. It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony

We made tobacco companies write warning labels with the truth. Fossil fuel companies should be next.

That one time I cold emailed Mark Cuban and he replied

“My kids huddle around it and watch the fire. It makes me a little worried, maybe I should put a safety barrier around it?” I had a concerned parent tell me this when I was explaining how heat pumps work. Not only are all-electric heat pumps efficient, but they’re the safest way to heat your home

I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Shoutout to Joseph for the phenomenal series on @heatpumped.org! If you haven't seen it yet, it's a really great birds eye view of the current electrification landscape.

Neighborhood challenge: @vayu.pro is a neighborhood fave in Menlo Park - woohoo!! Let's get more neighborhoods heat pumps. The challenge: Whichever zipcode gets 15 commitments first gets priority scheduling for the spring '26 group buy. Install window: March - May 2026. www.heatpumpgroupbuy.com

So cool to see the butterfly effect - I write @heatpumped.org in California and it affects electrification advocacy in Montana!

I dare you to come up with a more cringe rebrand for heat pumps #2WayAC

Incredible stuff, thanks to the leadership of @scottwiener.bsky.social, @buildingdecarb.org, @spur-urbanist.bsky.social, and so many others pushing this important legislation forward! Under the radar, "unsexy" policies like this meaningfully make electrification and heat pump adoption more possible

You hate to see it. If you recently installed a furnace + 1-Way AC instead of a heat pump, why did you do it?

Ok, so there's a cool easter egg on our new heat pump group buy website. It has something to do with this guy. Can you find it? buff.ly/PWamQwH

Heat pumps are a great way to deal with the elephant in the room.

Chose a good week to switch to a heat pump.

A tale of two heat pumps. If your only criteria when evaluating HVAC bids is cost, you might be setting yourself up for a world of hurt down the line.

Getting a heat pump can be scary! It's a big part of why we've built with a digital-first sales process. For most customers, we're able to accurately price projects without ever stepping foot in their house. One less excuse to take a sick day home from work...

Most small HVAC business owners aren't laughing their way to the bank. It takes a lot to run a business like this - tools, equipment, salaries, insurance policies. All of that adds up. If you get sticker shock when you get a heat pump quote, many times it's simply the cost of doing business

I love when we get 5 star reviews on Google. But sometimes a handwritten note from a @vayu.pro customer is even more rewarding! Another happy heat pump owner :)

Being small is an unfair advantage. Every single call, text and email at @vayu.pro‬ goes straight to my cell phone. No call centers, no answering service. In a world where most HVAC contractors never return your calls, it's a huge win. (PS: Yes, I know, I'll charge my phone!)

🧵1/ I had to double take when I spotted this plaque: “Medallion Home — Live Better Electrically.” Turns out it was part of a major national campaign in the 1950s and early 60s to promote all-electric homes. 👇

Electrifying doesn't have to be hard. That's my dinner last night, being cooked on an induction wok sitting on top of my gas range. Just 50 bucks from Costco! And zero CO, CH4, NO2, N2⁢O or CH2O (yes - your gas stove dumps all of those things into the air you breathe).

I want to start off my 2026 with a little gratitude - a big thank you to @energysmartwv.bsky.social! Nate was an early booster of @heatpumped.org, encouraged me to start the podcast, and has been a steady supporter along the way. He’s a HP veteran and I’m grateful that he took me under his wing!

It sounds like the Bay Area Air Quality Managment District is on track to end the installation of new fossil fuel burning residential hot water and space heating systems in 2027 and 2029 respectively. www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/a-new-...

Its happening! California cities including Menlo Park, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, and Mountain View have adopted smart new policies to encourage heat pump upgrades when air conditioners break. The goal? Lower bills, cleaner air, and reduced climate pollution. ⚡🔌 www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

Wrapping up installs from VoltHub’s first heat pump group buy 🎉 This was a multi-home project in one of the strongest gas-lobby regions of California. Huge thanks to our team, Lords of Plumbing, and @shreyassudhakar.com for helping decarbonize water heating across Los Angeles County. ⚡🌱

(1) 🔌💡 #Greensky #climatesky #academicsky Hey climate peeps! I have big news. My wife, Dr. Lisa Kaul, is running for NY State Senate, driven by the urgency of climate action & climate justice. Let me tell you about her. 🧵

Air source heat pumps

New promotional ad for heat pumps released:

Getting rid of one-way ACs is a no brainer. Would you buy a car without a reverse gear?

Energy efficiency and demand flexibility can avoid costly power grid buildout, but utilities rarely invest in them because utities profit by putting steel in the ground. This is a main barrier to lowering your power bills. Utility regulators have had decades to fix this but few have done anything.

Just noticed the other day that LinkedIn is doing this too (the exact text of those titles are nowhere in the post, and I have the privacy setting where they can use my data to train AI models turned off)

From Rockets to Heat Pumps Discussion

CHANGE YOUR HVAC FILTERS, FOLKS! I had a customer give me a call that their heat pump wasn't heating as well as it used to. We scrambled the team to get a technician out there to inspect the system. When I called back to confirm the visit, everything was already fixed. It was just a dirty filter!

Every time there is a major earthquake, gas lines erupt in flames. Deeply irresponsible by the city, county, and state to not take this opportunity to remove the risk of gas from neighborhoods.

Utility company Southern California Gas is using ratepayer funds to incentivize Los Angeles wildfire survivors to rebuild their homes with gas appliances. And the California Public Utilities Commissions is letting it happen. insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202... via @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social

I'll spare you the embarrassment of my personal Spotify Wrapped, but cool to see the stats for the @heatpumped.org podcast. First season of many!