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Pollution may be one topic that most of us can agree on. Everyone welcomes ways to reduce it, or better yet, eliminate it altogether. What you may not know is that there’s a device in your home that produces significant amounts of pollution – your water heater. If you have a gas-powered water heater, it reduces indoor and outdoor air quality and negatively affects your family’s health, your neighbor’s health, and the environment. Today, there’s a better, cost-effective, and more efficient product that’s proven to reduce pollution and is readily available – a heat-pump water heater.
The sixth Menlo Park Community Collaboration Session focused on learning about the many benefits of this tried and true technology and how to affordably get a heat-pump water heater installed in your home. A utility and electrification expert, a master installer, and Menlo Park’s Sustainability Manager on permitting all shared valuable lessons. Viewers of this workshop will also get a breakdown of the costs and the available rebates and tax incentives, as well as a couple of personal stories. Career opportunities that are available in this field will also be part of the discussion.
The session was recorded and the replay is available as well as the presentation slides. This program was offered free of charge in collaboration with Menlo Spark and the 350 Silicon Valley Menlo Park Climate Team.
Community Collaboration Sessions invite different guests to host discussions on a variety of environmental issues affecting our city. Community members, local environmental nonprofits, and members of Menlo Park’s Environmental Quality Commission, working as private citizens, have established this new series of citizen-led discussions to help address Menlo Park’s responses to a changing climate.
The goal is to prompt deeper dialogue, gather new ideas, and ensure multiple voices are represented in proposed solutions. Future sessions will include discussions on electric vehicles and transportation, electrification, the urban canopy, sea-level rise, and green careers.
Everyone is welcome to attend, share ideas, and join these discussions about the future of our city. Any questions: Reach out to John McKenna at jemsd8@gmail.com.