Electrifying Your Home: Solar Power, Heat Pump Hot Water and Air Conditioning, with Brendan Lang, Get Off Gas

Hello! This is Episode 346, and in it, I’m continuing my conversation with electrician, Brendan Lang, from Get Off Gas.

We finished Episode 345 Brendan sharing insights about his own home renovation, and how he tackled it. Brendan has opened his home for Sustainable House Day and uses it as a fantastic demonstration of how to improve an existing home through electrification and energy efficiency upgrades.

In this episode, Brendan talks more about how he renovated his home, including retrofitting insulation to its roof and walls. 

[For all resources mentioned in this podcast and a free, downloadable PDF transcript, head to www.undercoverarchitect.com/346].

If you haven’t listened to Part 1 of our conversation, it’s definitely worth catching up on first. You’ll hear me talk about some of the health and environmental reasons to get off gas in your home, and to consider electrification as a way to improve your home overall, its health, and its ability to then be supplied through renewable energy sources. 

For Part 1, head back to Episode 345, or download the free transcript at www.undercoverarchitect.com/345.

In this episode, we also talk specifically about solar, and what to know to get comparative quotes, plus choose the right components. 

And we discuss heat pump hot water units, where they can be used, and what to know before choosing one for your home. Plus, what to do if your budget can’t extend to sourcing one, but you still want a super efficient, electrically run hot water supply for your home.

And we also discuss air conditioning, how to maximise its efficiency for heating and cooling, and why a gas panel, open fireplace or wood burning stove are heat sources to avoid for your health and your home’s efficiency.

Whether you’re seeking to electrify your existing home as a standalone project, or as part of a renovation … or you’re wanting to build an all electric new home, this episode will be super helpful as we dive into the nuts and bolts of it all. 

Remember, if you’d like to grab a full transcript of this episode, plus information on the resources we discuss, you can do that by heading to www.undercoverarchitect.com/346.

Now, let’s dive in!

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This free workshop will really help you understand the best steps to take wherever you’re at in your project, and how you can avoid some serious and expensive mistakes. 

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