What Lafayette Can Do to Help Solve the Climate Crisis
By Wei-Tai Kwok, Past President, Sustainable Lafayette (weitai[at]sustainablelafayette.org) Earth Day. April 22, 2022. The climate crisis...
How We Upgraded to High-Efficiency Electric Heat Pump Appliances
Why adventures with mice pushed us to change out our gas furnace and water heater for new, high-efficiency electric heat pump versions.
Home Electrification (Part 5): Selecting a High Efficiency, Heat Pump Water Heater
To achieve a zero emission home, I replaced my gas water heater with a high efficiency electric heat-pump unit.
Home Electrification (Part 4): Heat Pump Heating & Cooling Selection + Install
Author: Wei-Tai Kwok, Past President, Sustainable Lafayette (weitai[at]sustainablelafayette.org) As mentioned in my earlier blog-post, my...
Home Electrification (Part 3): What an energy audit revealed about our house
Author: Wei-Tai Kwok, Past President, Sustainable Lafayette One of the first steps in converting our home from gas to electric was to...
Home Electrification (Part 2): Finding Rebates, Incentives and Contractors
Author: Wei-Tai Kwok, Past President, Sustainable Lafayette (weitai[at]sustainablelafayette.org) In my last blog post I talked about why...
Home Electrification (Part 1): Why We are Removing Gas from our Home and Going All Electric
Author: Wei-Tai Kwok, Past President, Sustainable Lafayette (weitai[at]sustainablelafayette.org) In February 2019, my wife Violet and I...
Sustainable Lafayette's 2017 "Residential Solar and Electric Vehicle Open House Weekend"
In September 2017, Sustainable Lafayette hosted an opportunity for residents to visit and learn from several different Lafayette...
2017 Youth for the Environment and Sustainability (YES) Conference
When: Saturday, February 25, 2017. Registration: 8:30 AM (PST); Program: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM (PST) Where: Bay Area Metro Center, 375...
