Some municipalities and states around the country have been encouraging their residents to electrify their homes. This includes replacing gas or oil heating systems with heat pumps and gas stoves with electric induction ovens. A California company was tapped to supply thousands of heat pumps to the New York City Housing Authority. The company won a contract for the job and created an innovative window sill heat pump particularly useful for renters and apartment dwellers.
WBGO’s Jon Kalish reports…