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Virtual non-meetings with clients have the

company’s carbon emissions on the way down.

As homes become better

insulated, with increased

options for efficient heating,
$25,000 cooking, cooling and hot water

using electricity, they
per household move closer to net zero

Price of decarbonizing a U.S. home with performance with solar power.
electric appliances, HVAC and solar power

COVID-19 threw a wrench into everyone’s business efforts cut carbon emissions is great for the company (and CO2
last year, which shows he was ahead of the game. He is also reductions), Waters and his team advise homeowners that
the only contractor on the board of the Building Decarbon- switching to all-electric isn’t a one-step process. It might
ization Coalition, which is aimed at accelerating develop- mean replacing a gas furnace with a heat pump. It might
ment of zero-emission homes and buildings throughout also mean replacing insulation throughout the home as well
California. as conducting air sealing.
As a company, Electrify My Home was born from the state’s Not every homeowner wants to go all in all at once with
electrification movement of the past 20 years. Researchers such an expense, Waters notes.
note that there is a definite desire to move away from natu- “There is no ‘one size fits all’ kit when it comes to
ral gas—as of late June, 46 California cities have adopted converting your home to all electric appliances, and there is
building codes to phase out or ban gas-powered appliances no single path towards electrification,” he adds. “The team
in new homes within the next five years, according to the [here] is dedicated to helping homeowners reduce their
Sierra Club. But for now, it’s still an available and prominent carbon footprint while securing reliable home comfort,
energy source. health and safety that is compliant with the energy codes of
And although having customers that endorse ways to California’s future.” 2021 ECO-LEADERS

Step by step. Going all electric with a home sometimes needs to be done in pieces: heating, insulation, air sealing and more.
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