The Current - Helio Blog
Insights, tips, and news about electrifying from the Helio Team.
What is an “Electrification Roadmap” anyway?
The electrification roadmap was developed by our Helio Home experts to provide homeowners with the easiest way to fully electrify your home. With Helio’s roadmap, you don’t have to be a building scientist or worry about navigating contractors and tax credits; just use our simple tool to answer a few questions and let Helio take care of the rest.
Electrifying your home can be a huge hassle. Helio Home wants to help.
The startup is one of many companies springing up across the U.S. to shepherd consumers through the complicated and multifaceted process of home electrification.
Read more...Heat Pumps and Subzero Temperatures: Do you need backup?
December's record-breaking cold snap put our heat pumps to the test. They passed the test with flying colors. No Backup, No Problem
Read more...Helio to bring electrification to 100 low income homes
Energy Outreach Colorado (EOC) and Helio Home have agreed to a three-year partnership as part of the Healthy Homes Program to improve indoor air quality and electrify 100 low-income single-family homes in the Denver area.
Read more...Denver may miss major opportunity for advancing housing, climate goals
Early in the new year, the Denver City Council will have an opportunity our city can’t afford to miss. On Jan. 3, they’ll approve a new building code, which sets the rules for constructing buildings and homes citywide. The proposal moves us in the right direction toward our climate goals, but leaves one crucial element undone—it allows for new homes to connect to fossil fuels.
Read more...Outdated efficiency standards could hamper home decarbonization
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the single biggest investment in climate change in the short history of our planet. The incentives built into the IRA have the potential to electrify over one million homes and in turn, make a meaningful and lasting impact on climate change. However, there is one little number that threatens it all. One little number that will make it more expensive for homeowners to electrify, incentivize partial-fossil fuel.
Read more...Simplifying Home Electrification from MCJ Podcast
Eric Reinhardt, CEO and co-founder talks about how Helio makes it simple for customers to transition off fossil fuels and fully electrify their homes.
Read more...Opinion: Switching from natural gas to electricity will reduce Colorado’s smog
Last month’s news that federal regulators have proposed downgrading the ozone status for Denver and the northern Front Range from “serious” to “severe” should come as a wakeup call. Our city has a major smog problem. As our city, county, and state leaders develop plans and budgets to deliver the air quality relief our communities need, a major source of air pollution that has previously been overlooked can no longer be ignored — our homes...
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