Electric Appliances
Get off of gas for performance, safety, and cost savings.
Electrifying your home means changing out appliances that use fossil fuels for those that use electricity.
The key players include:
- Electric vehicles and chargers
- Heat pump water heaters
- Heat pump dryers
- Induction cooktops and ranges
- Heat pump HVAC
Read on for more information about each of these.
Electric Vehicles and Chargers
Electric vehicles are quieter, quicker, and cheaper to run than their fossil-fuel powered stablemates. The best way to take advantage of those benefits is with home EV charger, because you’ll never need to worry about finding a place to charge.
The environmental benefits of EVs are clear too. Eliminating carbon emissions from driving is the best way for the average American to reduce their carbon footprint.
Heat Pump Water Heaters
Conventional natural gas (or propane) water heaters generate heat by burning a fossil fuel. Conventional electric resistance water heaters generate heat by running electricity through a heating element, just as a toaster does. Heat pump water heaters, on the other hand, do not actually generate heat, they move it. As a result, they are much more efficient than their conversional alternatives.
Heat pump water heaters are also safer, result in better indoor air quality, and have lower greenhouse gas emissions than their conventional counterparts.
Heat Pump Dryers
Like heat pump water heaters, heat pump dryers move heat from the ambient environment rather than generating it anew, which makes them very efficient. These dryers actually have two heat pumps. One heats the drum, which evaporates water in your clothes. The other cools the resulting warm, moist air and condenses out the water.
Induction Cooktops and Ranges
Induction cooktops and ranges use electricity to create a magnetic field that heats cookware directly.
Induction cooktops perform better, keep your kitchen cooler, and are safer than their natural gas equivalents.
Heat Pump HVAC
Heat pump HVAC revolutionizes how your home is heated and cooled. Instead of relying on fossil fuels to heat your home and a separate air conditioner, heat pump HVAC is an all-in-one, all-electric solution. It’s also three times more efficient than existing HVAC solutions, meaning big savings for you and big benefits for the environment.
Although you might have heard heat pumps only work in warmer climates, that is simply not true with the latest generation of technology.
We’re not saying you should change all of your major appliances immediately. You could prioritize in several different ways:
- As older vehicles and appliances wear out
- For immediate performance benefits
- To improve indoor air quality
- For maximum greenhouse gas emissions reduction
- Minimum cost
- Maximum energy cost savings over time
Even though you may not want to change out every appliance now, it makes a lot of sense to have a plan so you can be ready when your older appliances fail. A plan can also help you take maximum advantages of federal and state incentives.
(Or go back to Part 1: Why Electrify?)
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