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#BuildingDecarb #HeatPump #ThermalEnergyNetwork #HeatPumpNation #EnergySky
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Thermal energy: It’s clean, abundant energy you never use up. ⚡This #ThermalEnergyThursday, HEET’s Zeyneb Magavi explains why it’s a great resource for heating and cooling buildings. 🔗heet.org 🔗buildingdecarb.org/tens
🎥 by @morningpeopleprod.bsky.social
#Geothermal #EnergySky #BuildingDecarb
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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BDC’s Director of Public Relations, Robin Tung, spoke on a panel at The Passive House Network’s CA Rebuilds Design Competition Awards about the need to design and build fire-resilient communities through #buildingdecarb 🏘️ See the winning designs: bit.ly/3K8RLSn
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BDC Director of Public Relations Robin Tung (sitting second from the left) sitting with three panel members and one person standing at The Passive House Network’s California Rebuilds Design Competition Awards. 3D Modeling of houses in a community with people and a dog in the yard. The graphic states: One Lot Affordable - Passive Houses built under SB 9 + ADU. Neighbors pool land and resources to create a community of comfortable, energy-efficient, and fire-smart dwellings.
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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It’s reliable. It’s cost-effective. And there’s no question it works. Here’s why Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper is excited about clean, affordable, reliable #ThermalEnergyNetworks for heating and cooling homes in his state. ▶️ buildingdecarb.org/tens
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November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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🎉 It’s here! Welcome to #TheCleanGreenNeighborhood. 🌱Our bilingual children’s book, by Kristin George Bagdanov & @nicolekelner.bsky.social, tells the story of the union workers building all-electric neighborhoods. Grab your copy & join us! tinyurl.com/55kmrvpw
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The image depicts a watercolor illustration in the children’s book The Clean Green Neighborhood. The illustration shows five characters, each representing a trade union worker, and a community member, all standing behind a banner that reads “The Clean Green Neighborhood.” The trade union workers are wearing their job site protective equipment, including helmets and high-visibility vests. Using a large pair of red scissors, the community member is cutting the banner to celebrate the opening of the clean green neighborhood.
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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🎥 Tomorrow, #TheCleanGreenNeighborhood launches! Illustrated by @nicolekelner.bsky.social & written by Kristin George Bagdanov, it celebrates people building & thriving in all-electric neighborhoods. Use code PREORDERTCGN for 15% off: tinyurl.com/55kmrvpw
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November 12, 2025 at 9:54 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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⚡ #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 6, 2025 at 8:21 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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⚡ We are excited to announce that Lydia Nelson has joined BDC as a Senior Manager, Marketing and Outreach. Lydia oversees BDC’s community engagement teams for neighborhood-scale building decarbonization pilot projects in California. Welcome to the team Lydia!
Graphic welcoming Lydia Nelson, Senior Manager, Marketing and Outreach, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Lydia.
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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🔌 We are delighted to announce that Julianne Waite has joined BDC as our new Associate Director, Integrated Marketing & Client Engagement—CA Heat Pump Partnership. She leads the Partnership's statewide, multi-channel marketing strategy to accelerate #HeatPump adoption. Welcome to the team Julianne!
Graphic welcoming Julianne Waite, Associate Director, Integrated Marketing & Client Engagement—CA Heat Pump Partnership, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Arielle.
October 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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📣 We’re thrilled to announce that Javonne Lane has joined BDC as our new Senior Content Manager. Javonne leads BDC’s content creation strategy, aligning all of our stories, campaigns, and messaging with BDC’s vision to transform our nation’s buildings. Welcome to the team Javonne!
Graphic welcoming Javonne Lane, Senior Content Manager, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Javonne.
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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🎉 We take great pleasure in announcing that Arielle Metot joined BDC as a Contractor Agent Associate this summer. In this role, Arielle provides HVAC contractors in CO with services that help them deliver high-quality, efficient decarbonization projects to customers. Welcome to the team Arielle!
Graphic welcoming Arielle Metot, Contractor Agent Associate, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Arielle.
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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⚡Today, BDC and the Californian Heat Pump Partnership (CAHPP) board are celebrating #HeatPumpWaterHeaterDay! These crucial partnerships are driving California’s clean energy transition, one #Heatpump at a time. #EnergySky #BuildingDecarb #HPWHDay
Picture of the California Heat Pump Partnership (CAHPP) Board and other people involved in the CAHPP.
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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IL has a facility that is training #Union workers on how to build #ThermalEnergyNetworks (TENs). So this veto session, let’s pass the Thermal Energy Networks & Jobs Act as part of the #CRGA & get IL union workers busy building TENs that deliver clean, affordable heating & cooling! #ClimateSky 🔌💡
October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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👨🏼‍🍳 Congratulations to BDC Chefluencer Christopher Galarza, whose work “pushing kitchens to do away with planet-polluting hardware,” will be recognized tonight at an event honoring the 2025 @grist.org 50. As a leader in bringing electrification to 🇺🇸kitchens, we salute you! 🫡 bit.ly/4nxyTuA #Induction
Picture of a bearded chef cooking on an induction stove with a title that says Grist 50 2025 above the picture.
September 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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📣 We’re looking for a Director of State Mobilization! If you are passionate about accelerating the transition to clean heating & cooling, and excited about collaborating with policymakers & other stakeholders to move states’ building decarbonization policies forward, let’s talk! 🔌💡 bit.ly/48srqbx
Photo of the 60+ person BDC team from their last offsite meeting. Tinted yellow. It says "We're hiring!" in the left hand corner.
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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🔥 Even as Sacramento had ten +100ºF days this August, Sacramento resident Cheryl Moore was able to stay safe & cut her ⚡ bill by ~75% because state & local incentives enabled her to install a #HeatPump. This is why she is calling on the #CALeg to fund clean cooling in #CapAndInvest bit.ly/3UTdLm6
Graphic with a quote from Sacramento resident Cheryl Moore's letter to the editor of the Sacramento Bee that says "Heat pumps save lives, reduce emissions and improve public health," and a photo of a heat pump with flowers near it.
September 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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📣 Join BDC’s Brian Jenkins on Sept 10th at the Navigating Change: KEEA & EEA-NJ's 2025 Policy Conference, where he will moderate a panel exploring how NJ’s Zero Energy Code initiative, PA’s RISE PA program & other clean energy policies are reshaping NJ & PA’s futures. 🔌💡#ClimateSky bit.ly/47ViwTF
Graphic that says on Wednesday, Sept 10, 2025 from 9:30 am to 10:45 am BDC's Brian Jenkins will be moderating a panel on New Jersey and Pennsylvania's Energy Efficiency Landscape at the Navigating Change: KEEA & EEA-NJ's 2025 Policy Conference.
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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BDC's brand team is seeking a Senior Content Manager!

If you're passionate about (or interested in) building decarbonization, and excel at developing and activating impactful content, we'd love to meet you.

Learn more and apply here: hubs.ly/Q03BGPcd0

#NowHiring #BuildingDecarb #ClimateJobs
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August 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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🎉 Wow! Today’s Building Code update makes NY the first state to require new buildings to be all-electric. We commend NY’s Building Code Council, @governor.ny.gov @lizkrueger.bsky.social, & @emilyassembly.bsky.social for achieving this landmark victory for #BuildingDecarb. zpr.io/2niwk4i7Xvs3
Graphic describing the benefits of New York Adopting the strongest all-electric building code in the country. Has a picture of a heat pump and an induction stove. It says thanks to this new all-electric building code, we can build new housing for cheaper with lower utility bills, live in climate-resilient buildings that are safe during extreme weather events, have fossil fuel-free buildings with clean air, and tackle the climate emergency with lower building emissions.
July 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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⚡A sign of progress for building decarbonization: a new Future of Gas proceeding in Maine brings the total of these proceedings to 14 since 2020. Learn more about this & other recent signs of #BuildingDecarb progress in BDC’s Q2 Momentum report: zpr.io/V3gEjZ8rRjHL #ClimateSky 🔌💡
Map showing that since 2020, 14 proceedings that BDC considers to address aspects of the “future of gas” have been opened across 12 states and D.C. Maryland is likely to open one in the near future, which would bring the total to 15. Currently, 10 are active, though not all have had recent activity.
July 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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🔔 Reminder! Next week, on July 23rd at 1 pm, BDC’s Chef Rachelle Boucher will be joining other kitchen tech experts at SKS Virtual! They will explore how induction & other electric technologies are transforming kitchens. Use code “BDC” for 15% off registration. #Induction zpr.io/UzugXCp3kWe4
Photo of Rachelle Boucher, on top of a modern kitchen graphic, with text that explains she will be speaking at SKS 2025 July 21-31
July 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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We're very excited to introduce you to the newest member of the BDC team, Diana Oh. Diana works on digital BDC products such as The Switch Is On website, which features interactive tools that help homeowners, renters, and contractors make the switch from gas to electric. Welcome to the team Diana!
Graphic welcoming Diana Oh, Senior Software Engineer, to the BDC Team. Includes a photo of Diana.
July 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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🛠️ Maryland HVAC contractors! Ready to grow your business with clean energy? Join us June 24 at 9 a.m. in Largo, MD, for free training on: ✅ Latest heat pump tech ✅ State rebates ✅ MD’s upcoming Clean Heat rules. Breakfast included! 🥐 bit.ly/4mBl1j0 #MDContractors #CleanEnergy #HeatPump #HVAC
Flyer on the Cash in on Clean Energy session. Includes the date of the event, which is Tuesday, June 24th at 9 am, the location, which is Prince George's Community College in Largo, MD, and the link to sign up for it. Has logos of organizations presenting at or sending representatives to the session, and a photo of someone installing a heat pump.
June 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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This week, we hosted our 3rd annual Electric Happy Hour to showcase the power of #inductioncooking and #heatpumps ⚡ Special thanks to our co-hosts and sponsors Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, the California Latino Capitol Association Foundation, Daikin, & Copper. #TheSwitchIsOn #BDChefluencers
May 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM