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Homeowners can reduce their climate-warming pollution by installing electric heat pumps, induction stoves, hot water heaters, and other energy-efficient appliances.

And many people who have switched from older, dirtier technologies are happy with the decision.

Buhs: “And they’re pretty excited about it. They like the results. They think it’s working great. And they’re passionate. And they want to be able to share that with other people.”

So Edith Buhs of Abode Energy Management helps train some of those enthusiasts to become electric coaches.

Together with the nonprofit Rewiring America, her company offers a free class.

In four live online sessions, trainees learn why electrification is important, study heat pump technology, and prepare to share what they’ve learned with others.

Buhs: “They leave the course ready to talk to their neighbors – to host an open house to share what they’ve done, or to support another curious homeowner one-on-one to make that plan and get ready to electrify things in their homes.”

Over the past two years, more than 1,500 people have taken the course. And now, Rewiring America is piloting a prerecorded, self-paced version.

So it’s even easier for people to help their friends and neighbors go electric.

Reporting credit: Sarah Kennedy / ChavoBart Digital Media