The Spark: How Neighbors Are Banding Together to Go Greener
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HeatSmart Alliance, founded in 2020, has trained volunteer heat pump coaches in over 60 Massachusetts municipalities to help homeowners switch from fossil fuel heating to electric heat pumps, which are 3.5 times more energy efficient; program addresses the roughly 20% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from home energy use.
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