In memory of all those who have died in service to our country. Thank you to Valhalla Memory Gardens in #Bloomington, IN for allowing me to play today. #TapsAcrossAmerica, #HoosierSky

Emerging building electrification policy alert! On Dec 11, join me, David Lis, Hank Webster, and Vivian Cox as we discuss state policies and the @regassistproj.bsky.social/CLASP ideas on Clean Heat Standards, Rate Design, Inclusive Utility Investment, etc. raponline-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Anyone familiar with studies on potential for load shifting heat pumps? Mostly thinking in a future winter peaking system. I know it’s not an ideal load to shift, but there’s still likely some potential: pre-heating, allowable temperature droop, thermal storage, ground loops, etc. thx!

Massachusetts is trying to figure out the best structure for delivering decarbonization policy to consumers for the next 25 years. Is it through utilities? Or should the state take the lead? Any thoughts? Want to learn more about options? Share your expert views? www.mass.gov/info-details...

In honor of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. ⁦@TapsAmerica⁩

FüssenFreiheitFreude (FFF): (german) noun - the joy one feels after taking off ski boots.

Building decarbonization thoughts from -10F in metro Boston: #1: we’re 30% below design temp (~10F) plus 20-30 mph winds. That’s probably 50% higher heat load. My heat pump home dipped 4F below set point overnight. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Twitter no longer feels like a primarily user driven platform. It’s value and independence is already diminished, which sucks for all of us. It feels manipulated into some lame ego trip

In personal news, I’d like to say how honored I am to receive this prestigious award. Thank you to my neighborhood drawing committee for hosting so many talented drawers, and proud to represent the Man and Nature track.

Poetry is to prose as bouldering is to rock climbing

4 year old’s painting of pollution 😆

.@YYYs have done it to me again- waking up, @kareno in my head beckoning me: what you gonna do when you get to the water? I must not fear - I will dive in. #burning

Work Principles, Home Office, 2022

How best to finance a million electrofits? A THREAD By 2030, Massachusetts is aiming to electrify ~1 million of its buildings, moving from leaky, fossil fuel burning to being 2050-ready. That’s 8 years from now 😬

Big news! @MassSave now offering $500 rebate for induction stoves. Save energy, carbon, and your health, all while boiling water in like 1 minute. #cleancooking #electrification #energytwitter

🙌🏻 LFG!

How can MA homes transition from where we are today (inefficient and burning fossil fuels) to where we need to be in 2050 (efficient and electrified)? @MassCEC’s Decarbonization Pathways Pilot (https://www.masscec.com/program/decarbonization-pathways-pilot) plot the course. A short 🧵:

Networked Geothermal Districts have the potential to transform how we heat & cool our buildings. What exactly makes them so awesome? Let me count the ways:

So much of the injustice in our world comes from a learned pattern of illogic

Telling it like it is, ⁦@JesseJenkins⁩ puts our moment of clean energy opportunity into the context of a changing, and changed, world-via @NYTOpinion https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/14/opinion/gas-prices-oil-renewable-energy-drilling.html?referringSource=articleShare

Congratulations to Alkemy Environmental, developer of sustainable concrete aggregate streams, on being a winner of the ⁦@GreentownLabs⁩ Healthy Buildings Challenge!

Kids: 1 Dad: 0 FINAL

A Heat Pump Might Be Right for Your Home. Here’s Everything to Know. | Wirecutter https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/heat-pump-buying-guide/ via @wirecutter

Come work with me @MassCEC to establish pathways to decarbonize commercial and industrial buildings! Sr. Manager role just posted!...

1/2 mile from my house 12 men all wearing black hoodies and masks holding a “white lives matter” banner over Parker St overpass. Now it’s gone. Feels threatening, non-sensical, and violating. #newtonma @RuthanneFuller

e-hab (n.): The process of turning a run down building into a modern all-electric beauty. E.g. “the building was in pretty bad shape but now that we did that e-hab people love it”. Also a verb. @michaeljaywalsh @rewiringamerica @GriffithSaul #makefetchhappen

Congratulations @jdaloisio on your appointment as CEO of @MassCEC! You’ve been an able CFO over the last several years, and I’m sure you will thrive in your new role at this critical time.

Jingle Bells is not a Christmas song. Prove me wrong.

How are things going in the ICUs of New Hampshire? My big sis Dr. Laura McPhee tells it like it is. (Spoiler alert: not going well/get your booster) https://vimeo.com/658664838?ref=tw-share ❤️ 🙏

Big Job Alert! @NYSERDA is looking for a superstar VP to lead its Building Decarbonization team. Huge oppty to lead one of the nation's top building decarb efforts. #lastcall ...

If you were feeling bad about the CEPP, maybe my 2 new heat pumps will bring a little solace??

Wonderful to be @GreentownLabs in person with @saintgobain for the Healthy Buildings Challenge! Innovation + Buildings = Awesome

Is it possible to electrify LARGE buildings? Even in a cold state? What about in a big city? How about a small town?? @MassCEC put VRF heat pumps to the test. 110 commercial buildings later, answers to your most pressing questions. ANOTHER THREAD:

Can heat pumps be the sole source of heating in a cold climate like Massachusetts? Are whole-home heat pumps ready to scale? 2 years, and 168 projects later, @MassCEC reports back. A THREAD

Hey guys, I got it: Air-Source Heat. e.g. "I'm transitioning from oil heat to air-source heat in my electrofit." "I should have also considered ground-source heat." cc: @michaeljaywalsh

A running list of a handful of conclusions from @IPCC_CH 6th Report: 1. Fahrenheit reality check: "...larger (global surface temperature) increases over land (1.59 [1.34 to 1.83] °C)... than over the ocean". That's ~3 degrees Fahrenheit over land (so far)

I had no choice but to make an affogato.

Remembering those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice. #tapsacrossamerica

Found in the Newton Graphic, March 1933: “Because of the replacement of horses by motor vehicles, the Street Department has less facilities now to plow sidewalks than in past years. Sidewalk plows must be drawn by horses and the department now...

Does anyone remember when bagels were, like, a new thing?

Great news for Massachusetts: @MassSave launches ground-source heat pump incentives today! https://www.masssave.com/en/saving/residential-rebates/electric-heating-and-cooling #geothermal #electrification @MassCEC @GalenNelson @cleanenergymeg

It’s official: 3 out of 3 #energytwitter people say yes to “Electrofits”

“Electrofits”

The brilliance of Green Eggs and Ham is that there is an entire illustrated adventure driven only by minimal written references in an otherwise entirely repetitive story line.

“Triple-deckers can rise again for the 21st century.” ⁦@anthonyflint⁩ bringing the Beantown flair on all-electric retrofits of small multi-families. With shout outs to @masscec and ⁦@KevinOConnorTOH⁩. ...

Rock & Roll is a renewable resource.

The south is getting the brunt of climate change burdens.

Successful repurposing of ⁦@aaron_mckenna⁩ designed mountaineering gear for #TeamMcPhee polar expedition.