Building Electrification: Climate, Health, Equity
Resources and Organizations
The resources below and the downloadable list are constantly evolving as we learn about new resources. There are many wonderful organizations working on building decarbonization and related issues. If you would like to suggest a resource to be added here, please email info@sfbaypsr.org.
THANK YOU SF Bay PSR Interns Alma Hernandez for work on resources and community survey; Lilah Blalock for the infographics series; and Jasmine Campos for the Gas Stove Pollution Fact Sheet! Thank you to the team at National PSR and the Energy Foundation for all their support!
RESOURCE LIST: CLICK HERE to download a list of 100 plus building electrification and health harms of gas appliances resources.
SF Bay PSR TALKING POINTS: Building Electrification Public Testimony Key Points
HEALTH
VIEW: SF Bay PSR: Health Harms of Gas Stoves Infographic Series
DOWNLOAD: SF Bay PSR: Health Harms of Gas Stoves Infographic Series, please share!
UPDATES, JANUARY 6, 2023:
PRESS RELEASE: Removing gas stoves from homes could prevent 20% of childhood asthma in California
NEW STUDY: Over 12% of US and 20% of California’s childhood asthma cases can be attributed to gas stove use, a breaking new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health from RMI, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the University of Sydney.
PSR National: PSR Gas Stove Pollution Fact Sheet (Thank you SF Bay PSR Intern Jasmine Campos!)
SF Bay PSR: Health Harms of Gas Stoves Patient Brochure (Thank you Andrea Eckstein Gara!)
SF Bay PSR: Estufas de Gas: Impactos en la Salud de Niños (Thank you Peninsula Clean Energy for the translation!)
RMI: All Electrical Homes: A Health Professional’s Guide, a Toolkit, (Thank you RMI!)
PSR, Los Angeles: The Health Implications of Indoor Air Pollution, Electrification, and Decarbonization
PSR National: Find BE Resources from National and other PSR Chapters here
PSR, Mothers Out Front, RMI, Sierra Club: REPORT: Gas Stoves: Health and Air Quality Impacts and Solutions
UC Berkeley School of Public Health: Leaks from gas stoves can create toxic levels of hazardous air pollutants
PSE Full Report: Measuring Air Quality Impacts of Gas Stove Leaks (They found 10 toxic pollutants include benzene which is a carcinogen.)
Bay Area Clean Air Coalition, SF Bay PSR is a proud member: see great info here
EQUITY, ENERGY DEMOCRACY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
VIEW: SF Bay PSR: Financial Strategies Infographic Series
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Info for Renters and Lower-Income Families
BayREN: SF Bay Area home electrification rebates and financing
San Francisco Environment: Electrification Strategies for Renters
California Low-Income Energy Assistance Program
See more home electrification resources below.
Equity and Justice
Local Clean Energy Alliance Resources
PODER: Climate Equity & Community Engagement in Building Electrification Toolkit
Emerald Cities Collaborative Resources: a national nonprofits working on a just transition to a green economy
350 Bay Area: Decarbonize Buildings Policy Activism
PSR, Los Angeles: Air & Climate Justice Programs
Greenlining Institute: Equitable Building Electrification: A Framework for Powering Resilient Communities
East Bay Clean Power Alliance
BOOK: Energy Democracy: Advancing Equity in Clean Energy Solutions
UCLA: California Building Decarbonization Workforce Needs and Recommendations
UC Berkeley: BUILDING toward DECARBONIZATION: Policy Solutions to Accelerate Building Electrification in High-Priority Communities
Build It Green: Renter Protections in Equitable Building Decarbonization
ACEEE Report: Despite Progress, Low-Income Households Underserved by Utilities’ Efficiency Programs
CLIMATE BENEFITS
VIEW: SF Bay PSR: Climate Benefits of Switching to Electric Infographics
DOWNLOAD: SF Bay PSR: Climate Benefits of Switching to Electric Infographic Series, please share!
PSR & SF Bay PSR: Gas Stove Pollution: A Fact Sheet
Menlo Spark: Ten Truths about Natural Gas
Greenlining: Equitable Building Electrification: A Framework for Powering Resilient Communities
Environmental Science and Technology: Methane and NOx Emissions from Natural Gas Stoves, Cooktops, and Ovens in Residential Homes
Scientific American: Methane Leaks Erase Some of the Climate Benefits of Natural Gas
California Air Resources Board (CARB): AB 32. Climate Change Scoping Plan
EPA: Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
YOUR HOME
HOW TO ELECTRIFY
SF Enviro, CleanPower SF, and BayREN: 2023 webinar on electrifying your car and home
BayREN: SF Bay Area home electrification rebates and financing
San Francisco Environment: Electrifying Your Home
San Francisco Environment: Electrification Strategies for Renters
Peninsula Clean Energy: All-Electric Homes Resources
The Costs and Savings of going All-Electric Infographic
California Low-Income Energy Assistance Program
Menlo Spark: Resources for Fossil Free Homes
Fossil Free Buildings
The Switch Is On: Home Resources
Rewiring America: Electrify Everything in Your Home
Redwood Energy: Home Electrification
Quit Carbon: Help Making Your Plan to Electrify
CHEFS LOVE GAS STOVES
Professional Chefs Love Cooking with Induction
Fine Cooking: How an Induction Cooktop Works, explained in 1 minute
Electric Kitchens: Now We’re Cooking
Dwell: Why chefs love induction or the electric kitchen was always inevitable
HEAT/COOLING PUMPS
VOX Video: Learn how heat/cooling pumps work and why they are the future in 5 minutes
An In-depth Guide for Window Heat Pumps
MORE INFO ON GREENING YOUR HOME
The Ecology Center: Ecohouse Resources
The Ecology Center: Air Quality in the Home Factsheet
MORE STUDIES & REPORTS
YALE: Pollitt Lab: Studying what environmental chemicals are you exposed to via air pollution
UCLA School of Public Health Study: Effects of residential Gas Appliances on Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality and Public Health in California
UCLA and this interactive story map
EMORY: This study links long-term exposure to air pollution, especially NO2, to death from COVID-19
STANFORD News: Stanford scientists find the climate and health impacts of natural gas stoves are greater than previously thought
SIERRA CLUB, RMI, SPUR: Gas Appliances and Smog: California’s Hidden Air Pollution Problem
MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: A Review of the Evidence Public Health and Gas Stoves
What is happening in CALIFORNIA?
Sierra Club Building Electrification Blog: Nov 2022 Updates and a Map of Northern California Cities that have adopted BE friendly new codes
Sierra Club, SPUR, RMI Report: Gas Appliances and Smog: California’s Hidden Air Pollution Problem, a policy study
MORE RMI RESOURCES:
Why Is Indoor Air Pollution Largely Unregulated?
Three Key Takeaways from California’s First Workshop on Health Impacts of Gas Stoves
California Can’t Wait on All-Electric New Building Code
Blackouts and California’s Clean Energy Transition
Scientific American: California is Closing the Door to Gas in New Homes
Earth Justice, SF Bay PSR, Climate Health Now: Amicus brief filed in the 9th Circuit supporting Berkeley’s ordinance on new gas hookups, and spelling out the public health dangers of gas appliance use. Filed by Earth Justice with help from SF Bay PSR and Climate Health Now.
California Environmental Justice Alliance on California’s 2022 Climate Action (Scoping) Plan
California Air Resources Board (CARB): Building Decarbonization
HYDROGEN, NOT IN OUR HOMES
PSR National & SF Bay PSR: The Climate and Health Risks of Hydrogen/Methane Blending in our Homes Fact Sheet
Clean Energy Group: Hydrogen Hype in the Air
EVENTS and EXPLAINER VIDEOS
WATCH HERE our 2022 event, Building Electrification: Climate, Health, Equity, broadcast on April 27, 2022, a two-hour special on the health harms of gas appliances and the benefits of electric homes to health and the environment, featuring Emma Hines of RMI; Jessica Guadalupe Tovar of Local Clean Energy Alliance; Krystal Pollitt of Environmental Health Sciences at Yale; and Zach Williams of PSR National
WATCH HERE our 2021 event, Electrification of Buildings: Climate, Health, Justice, broadcast on April 28, 2021, featuring Diane Bailey of Menlo Spark; Brady Seals of RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings program; and Antonio Díaz of PODER—People Organizing to Demand Economic and Environmental Right.
PBS NEWS HOUR: Cooking Without Gas