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Despite uncertainty regarding the disbursement of Inflation Reduction Act funds, do states continue to support efficient electrification through heat pump adoption? RAP and CLASP’s webinar series, “Federal Dollars, State Policies and Heat Pumps: The Future of Heat,” has been considering… View Summary +

As Inflation Reduction Act funds get disbursed, are states making the most of their policies and programs to deliver efficient electrification through heat pump adoption? As RAP and CLASP’s webinar series on “Federal Dollars, State Policies and Heat Pumps:… View Summary +

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed  our recently published model rule on emissions standards for space and water heaters. In the course of preparing the rule, we considered an important question: Are heat pumps cost-effective compared… View Summary +

Emissions standards remain a critical policy option that states can use to improve air quality and achieve climate goals, and since many larger sources of air pollution have been reduced significantly, regulating building emissions makes sense as a next step toward… View Summary +

Can states team up to better understand the benefits and challenges that efficient electrification through heat pump adoption can produce for their citizens and economies? Earlier this fall in the first in a series of webinars, Federal Dollars, State… View Summary +

Most utility regulators understand that managed charging for light-duty electric vehicles (EVs) is really important. Instead of EVs charging at high-use times when serving customers is more expensive, charging can readily be moved to other times of the day when… View Summary +

In December 2023, RAP and CLASP published “Accelerating Heat Pump Adoption through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Complementary Policies.” Using a modified U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) model, the authors analyzed the impacts of incentives on heat… View Summary +

建筑是中国能源消耗和碳排放的主要领域之一。中国既有建筑总量大，能耗和碳排放强度高。中国宏观经济研究院发布的《中国能源转型展望2022》报告中，提出了一条在合理成本和可行技术下实现“双碳”目标的途径。在该碳中和情景下，建筑和供热行业都需要加速电气化。研究表明，建筑领域将主要通过提高分布式和集中供暖的热泵使用率实现电气化、减少化石能源消耗，到2035年，建筑供暖的终端能源消费应该基本实现无煤化，并在2060年完全停止直接消耗煤炭和天然气（详见图 4-33，CNS2情景）。尽管其他研究对实现“双碳”目标的路径会有所不同，但几乎可以确定的是，随着未来建筑能耗的进一步增长，建筑领域需要采取多种措施大幅减少化石能源的直接或间接使用。 近年来，得益于国家与市政的支持和推广，中国热泵行业取得了显著进展。然而，推广热泵的应用仍然面临挑战，其中高昂的初装和运营成本是经常被提及的主要障碍，但实际上，从产品的寿命周期来看，热泵的高效能可以持续降低电费，使得用户不出几年便可回收成本。 本文旨在探讨如何有效提升居民和商业用户的供暖水平，在满足民生需求的同时最大化的降低费用成本。除了安装高效节能的供暖产品，提高建筑物自身能效，也是非常重要的工作。对于既有建筑，通过加强建筑围护结构的改造可以减少运行时的能量损失和供暖费用，并在安装或更换供暖设备时让用户可以选择容量更小、更便宜的热泵来满足供暖或制冷需求；对于新建筑，通过超低能耗设计也能实现同样的效果，进一步降低热泵初装和运营成本。若在建筑的整个寿命周期内尽早进行全面的节能改造，则能够获得最大的成本节约效果。虽然建筑围护结构的节能改造已是老生常谈，但将其作为热泵的“外挂”，实现热泵和围护结构一体化，能达到1＋1＞2的效果，丰富政策设计和资源调度。… View Summary +

Electrification is the name of the game Heat is a crucial element in almost every manufacturing process, whether it is in the heavy stuff of melting glass and steel or firing ceramics at scorching temperatures (800°C-1,500°C), producing chemicals (100°C-500 °C),… View Summary +

Unbalanced charging could put unnecessary stress on distribution grids The European Union’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), which entered into force mid-April 2024, requires Member States to scale up the buildout of truck charging capacity and density starting in 2025. View Summary +