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. ⚡🌱

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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!

Surprising absolutely no one, my most-used words in 2025 were: 1. "heat" (489×) 2. "pump" (249×) 3. "pumps" (187×) 4. "equipment" (90×) 5. "cost" (64×) See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest

California shut down its last coal plant last week and nobody even noticed, it made so little little difference. Meanwhile solar is up 17% and gas is down 17% from 2024. I have a few highlights... www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/ding-dong-...

We did it! @heatpumped.org just passed 1,000 subscribers last week. But it's never too late to sign up for heat pump hot takes... Check it out here: buff.ly/kJGBnMJ

🧵Please, please, please. Don’t fall for the con of a Black Friday HVAC tune up deal. 🔌💡 1/

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@shreyassudhakar.com is a former rocket engineer, who has now spent years thinking and learning about heat pumps. Learn from him! Whether you're a heat pump-curious homeowner or a professional or policy-maker working in this space, his newsletter @heatpumped.org will make you smarter.

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Speaking of monsters, we should do a modernized version of these ads for heatpumps. Terrifying as a kid. youtu.be/Rr03-yFF60U youtu.be/PWshVAK0Rtk youtu.be/aCZIMzp9Ib4

Would you rather keep a monster in a basement, or send it to the graveyard where it belongs? Heat pumps do the same thing that your stinky old furnace does, while making your home safer, quieter, more efficient, and more comfortable at the same time. Ditch your monsters. Electrify!

Heat pumps have efficiencies of 300-400% (yes it’s possible to be more than 100% efficient, yes it’s magic)

Great to see this. Window heat pumps are an excellent pathway to decarbonization of lower income housing. (If you haven't heard of window heat pumps, here's a good primer about them and other similar technologies for low cost electrification: www.heatpumped.org/p/mini-mini-...)

Heat pumps can be a no brainer. But it requires trusted partners guiding homeowners thru the journey. Finding that partner can be challenging, which is why I started @vayu.pro. It was fun being on the latest episode of Less Talk More Action - check it out! lesstalkmoreaction.com/podcast/why-...

Imagine all those horse traders in 1908 who thought automobiles were just a passing fad… fossil fuels had a good run but their use has way over stayed their welcome on our planet. To go forward we are going to have to move on to electrification.

Something something installing heat pumps is harder than landing a rocket on a ship in the middle of the ocean …Kidding Incredible accomplishment to nail this, on the second try no less. Huge kudos to the Blue Origin team, proud to have played a teeny tiny part in this big win!

The future is all-electric! That’s the chair of @calenergy.bsky.social walking the walk and electrifying their home! This is the way for a clean, safe, efficient, energy independent home. Heat pump HVAC, water heater, and induction stoves are the magic trifecta to kick dirty gas to the curb

📢More efficient. Cleaner. Heat Pump wins! Gas had a good run, but heat pumps are the newest heavyweight champion. 🥊Knockout savings are just around the corner. Get your heat pump installed by 12/31/25 and save up to $2,000. 👉More info at: switchison.org/ca.

Let's talk about crummy customer experiences. Yesterday, I got an email that my Peloton bike was recalled. To order the replacement part, I should either call their support number or use their online support portal. Of course, it was from a do-not-reply email address...🧵

Congrats to BPI on launching the Cold Climate Heat Pump Assessor certificate program today! More people educated about heat pumps and selecting the right one for each house is great news indeed.

No amount of rolling coal is going to stop superior technology. When people experience electrification, they don't go back. It's simply better, even if you don't care about the environment at all.

It’s not just cars. Chinese heat pumps are exceptional. The majority of our installations are Gree, Midea, and their various whitelabel rebrands. Great build quality, high efficiencies, whisper quiet. Chinese hardware OEMs are leading the pack on electrification across the spectrum.

Excited for the day someone says they got a heat pump because of @heatpumped.org! Education is so important because the barriers to large scale heat pump adoption are human, not technical (relevant: www.heatpumped.org/p/we-have-a-...)

I love seeing Air Conditioner to Heat Pump Replacement (AC2HP) reach codes being adopted across California! Nobody needs to install a crippled 1-Way AC when #2WayAC exists

I love pomegranates. But they're a pain to peel and always make a mess. Kind of like heat pumps! The payoff requires a lot of pain. It's tempting to reach for the easy path (the bowl of halloween candy on my counter, or in the case of heat pumps, another gas furnace). How do we make it easier?

Got some good news in my inbox this morning from @buildingdecarb.org! Biggest heat pump market in the world!! 🔌💡

Well written post by @bobbyllew.bsky.social! “Transitional technology” almost always seems to be a misleading con to keep customers locked into old business models and outdated polluting technology. Related -> bsky.app/profile/shre...

The best kind of email. One of the most rewarding things about installing heat pumps is the instant feedback. We get to rip out clunky old furnaces, and see our customer’s delight!

it's bad enough on its raw characteristics, but what's really emotionally destabilising is the substantial chunk of the clean tech climate space who have decided its their new job to excuse, rationalise, downplay and otherwise facilitate what is unambiguously a HUGE fossil infrastructure build-out

Hacker News loves heat pumps! Maybe this will be #1 soon? (Here is the @heatpumped.org article that is trending: www.heatpumped.org/p/harnessing...)

This is why contractor & homeowner education are so so so important to get this energy transition right! I always hate to see reviews like this from folks that have installed a heat pump. It’s almost always a combo of poorly communicated expectations & installer issues. 🔌💡A few thoughts… 🧵

Today is Heat Pump Water Heater day! Never been a better day to use the heat that’s already in the air around you to cleanly and efficiently heat your water! 💦 #HPWHday #GoGoHPWH #AWHI

*pounding table* heat pumps! heat pumps! heat pumps!

This is how I feel when I stumble on a heat pump appreciation thread like this

Signs you’re an HVAC contractor: - You stop to look at air conditioners wherever you go - You’re always replacing the thermostat in your house - You have a heat pump at your desk