Australia’s eastern states are facing looming gas shortages, and home owners are set to be targeted to reduce their use.
Replacing gas appliances with electric alternatives is touted as one of the key changes households can make to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions.State and federal governments are ramping up their push for households to switch their hot-water systems from gas to electric heat pumps, in a bid to meet ambitious climate targets and avert a gas supply shortage. But the cost of the new technology continues to put off consumers.
Replacing gas appliances with electric alternatives is touted as one of the key changes households can make to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions. Operating like a reverse fridge, electric heat pumps draw heat from the air and compress it to increase temperatures, instead of using a fossil fuel. “We have energy efficiency standards for inefficient electric ... water heaters and we have them for gas water heaters, but we don’t yet have them for heat pump hot-water systems,” said Menzel, who leads the peak industry body for companies in energy management.
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