Project Accomplishments:
In Alaska, heating is one of our biggest climate impacts. 73% of the energy used by an average Kenai Peninsula house goes to space heating. Heating that average house emits between 11 to 30 metric tons of CO2 per year, depending on the fuel used. Upgrading an average house to a heat-efficient house, or switching an oil-heated house to a heat pump system could save between 6 and 9 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year for each house upgraded.