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Jason Brown
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Communications Manager at @buildingdecarb.org. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer. He/Him. Interested in #BuldingDecarb, #Heatpump #ThermalEnergyNetworks. The Dude Abides.
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⚡Register now for BDC Presents: The [Building] Electrification Imperative, on Thurs. Nov 20 at 1 pm ET to join BDC’s @panamaredhat.bsky.social & @ember-energy.org's @daanwalt3r.bsky.social as they explore how #Electrification drives #Decarbonization & energy affordability: zpr.io/Lkb48atHZacQ 🔌💡
BDC Presents: The [Building] Electrification Imperative
In this webinar, Ember’s Daan Walter and BDC’s Panama Bartholomy discuss why making electrification the central driver of decarbonization will accelerate the clean energy transition, make energy more ...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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New report on the benefits of offshore wind for grid adequacy & reliability.
The contribution of offshore wind to grid reliability & resource adequacy | Reports | Charles River Associates
In this white paper, the authors assess the potential role of offshore wind (OSW) in addressing emerging reliability challenges under these conditions. The analysis finds that, from a resource adequac...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Less than 1 week until we meet #TheCleanGreenNeighborhood! 🌱 📅 Preorder to meet the union workers building neighborhoods powered by sun, wind, water, and earth in our new children’s book. Use code PREORDERTCGN for 15% off. 💡 bit.ly/47EiKNw #EnergySky #BuildingDecarb
Picture of a page from The Clean Green Neighborhood children’s book. The page depicts watercolor illustrations of five workers with their equipment and tools. They are labeled as an autoworker from UAW Region 6, an electrical worker from IBEW Local 11, a pipefitter from UA, an operating engineer from IOUE Local 12, and a sheet metal worker from SMART Local 104 & 105.
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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🗞️ BDC’s Nov. Decarb Digest highlights a big win for #ThermalEnergyNetworks in IL, a new children’s book — #TheCleanGreenNeighborhood — about union workers building all-electric neighborhoods & #BuildingDecarb related articles in @forbes.com, @timesunion.com & @marylandmatters.org bit.ly/3Lqg4vy 🔌💡
🏘️ Decarb Digest - November 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Great video that quickly and clearly explains what a thermal energy network is, and how they use #Heatpumps, water-filled pipes to deliver efficient, clean heating and cooling to entire neighborhoods. #ClimateSky #Renewable #RenewableEnergy #GreenSky
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⚡ #ThermalEnergyNetworks already heat & cool buildings—without fossil fuels—in more than 20 states and multiple countries. BDC’s Jess Silber-Byrne explains how they work. #Geothermal #CleanEnergy #EnergySky #BuildingDecarb ▶️ buildingdecarb.org/tens
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Friends in CA (and elsewhere) -- there is still time to qualify for various federal electrification incentives before they end at the end of this year! #Heatpump #Solar #ElectrifyEverything
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Federal tax credits for efficient home improvements are on their way out the door — but some companies have found a sneaky way to adapt to the new state of play.
The loophole that could give clean heat a boost under Trump
The OBBBA killed tax credits for heat pumps, but kept them for commercially leased geothermal and thermal storage systems — a path to keep home clean heat…
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November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Another reason for me to visit Seattle!
buildingdecarb.org Building Decarbonization Coalition @buildingdecarb.org · 6d
In this episode of Kitchen Currents, we meet Chef José Garzon of Bad Chancla, a vibrant, all-electric eatery in Seattle’s Capitol Hill.⚡Discover how Garzon and Stefanie Hieber blend Pan-Latin flavors, sustainability, and community: tinyurl.com/4h9u76s
#BDChefluencer #Induction #EnergySky
Kitchen Currents: Seattle's Bad Chancla Restaurant
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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🏗️ Something special is under construction! #TheCleanGreenNeighborhood, our bilingual kids’ book illustrated by @nicolekelner.bsky.social, arrives 11/13. Come celebrate the union workers building resilient neighborhoods, and use code PREORDERTCGN for 15% off. bit.ly/47EiKNw #EnergySky
Picture of a page from The Clean Green Neighborhood children's book. This page of the book shows a cutaway view of a house in the clean green neighborhood. You can see via the cutaway that the house has an EV being charged in its garage. On the house itself workers are installing solar panels on the house's roof. There is also a heat pump clothes dryer, a heat pump water heater, a ground-source heat pump in the house's basement, and an induction stove in the house's kitchen. The page also shows that the house's attic and walls are insulated, and that there are ducts that distribute hot and cool air from the ground source heat pump to rooms throughout the home.
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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This is a week from today! Get it while it's hot!
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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There's one tax credit Republicans didn't kill, and you can use it to update your home's heating & cooling system.
The loophole that could give clean heat a boost under Trump
The OBBBA killed tax credits for heat pumps, but kept them for commercially leased geothermal and thermal storage systems — a path to keep home clean heat…
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November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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📣 Embracing a neighborhood-scale approach to building decarbonization in the NY State Energy Plan will create healthier, more resilient & more affordable communities powered by family-sustaining jobs, explains BDC’s @aconsidine.bsky.social: bit.ly/4onuUS0 #BuildingDecarb #ThermalEnergyNetwork 🔌💡
New York State’s Energy Plan: An Opportunity to Improve our Buildings, and our Grid, Neighborhood by Neighborhood
How thermal energy networks and better gas system transition policies can grow New York’s economy while ensuring the state meets its climate goals
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November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The whole thing about commercials was that you had to work up to a kind of mini-climax or mini-cliffhanger every few minutes, leading into an ad, so viewers were hooked & willing to wait. It forced writers to keep things lively & interesting. So many shows these days just drag.
October 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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📺 BDC’s @aconsidine.bsky.social explains to Capital Tonight’s @sarbetter.bsky.social that NY should not pause implementation of the state’s All Electric Buildings Act, as “decarbonization will be more affordable” than sticking with gas. tinyurl.com/mutzj46e #BuildingDecarb #HeatPump #ClimateSky 🔌💡
The argument for implementing New York's All-Electric Buildings Act
Allison Considine joins Capital Tonight.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Last one of the year is now less than two weeks away!
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Register now to join BDC’s Kristin George Bagdanov and other experts for a Climate XChange “Future of Gas 101” panel discussion tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. ET: tinyurl.com/23bnvsnm #GreenSky #ClimateSky #EnergySky #FutureOfGas #BuildingDecarb
Future of Gas 101: A Panel Discussion with Experts - Climate XChange
The third of a three-part webinar series on future of gas policy and the opportunities it presents for state climate actors.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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literally the two changes we made to this kitchen! the nuclear boil is great but precision temperature control is really the killer feature.

also it’s just flat counter when you’re unloading groceries or w/e which is cool over gas
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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🔌 #TheSwitchisOn has a new look! Head over to switchison.org to check out their redesigned website & logo, and use their clear and easy-to-understand information, tools, and resources to discover the many benefits of modern electric living. #EnergySky #BuildingDecarb #Heatpump #Induction
The Switch Is On
Discover the power of an all-electric home! The Switch Is On provides homeowners and renters with tools and resources to upgrade from gas to electric appliances.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Join BDC’s Kristin George Bagdanov and @switch.box’s @jpv.switch.box tomorrow, Oct. 22, at 3 pm ET for a deep dive into the basics of #FutureOfGas policies and proceedings at Climate XChange’s webinar, Future of Gas 101: The State Policy Basics: tinyurl.com/44jhe8fz #ClimateSky #GreenSky #EnergySky
Future of Gas 101: The State Policy Basics - Climate XChange
The first of a three-part webinar series on future of gas policy and the opportunities it presents for state climate actors.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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📣 A bill on @governor.ny.gov’s desk would end NY’s "100-foot rule," which subsidizes new gas line extensions, reports @publicnewsservice.bsky.social. BDC’s @aconsidine.bsky.social & Kristin George Bagdanov explain that ending the rule will save NY ratepayers ~$200M a year. bit.ly/3Whz2GH 🔌💡
NYS bill would end gas system subsidies
A bill on Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk would end subsidies for gas line extensions.Assembly Bill 8888 would end the
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October 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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October 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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I had to reschedule my personal essay writing workshop from last weekend and am teaching it tomorrow from 1 - 3pm ET. There are still spots if anyone wants to join last minute. Registration is here: www.elizabethspiers.com/workshops/
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Learn to write professional op-eds and personal essays with Elizabeth Spiers, a contributing writer for The New York Times opinion section, former columnist at Fortune and Fast Company, and opinion co...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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📣 It’s time for NY to adopt a neighborhood-scale approach to building decarbonization in its State Energy Plan if it wants to make its clean energy transition faster, fairer & more affordable, writes BDC’s Allison Considine in the @timesunion.com bit.ly/48ArBlj 🔌💡 #HeatPump #ClimateSky #Greensky
Commentary: Don't 'go green' house by house. Do it block by block.
Upgrading a whole neighborhood at one time makes decarbonization cheaper, more efficient and more equitable.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Boston is trying these plug-in, window-straddling heat pumps as it moves to decarbonize its public housing.
Boston is piloting window heat pumps in affordable housing
Housing authorities in Boston and two nearby cities are installing plug-in heat pumps from startup Gradient to try to swiftly and affordably cut emissions.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM