| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Preparing Several Days' Food Stores * | LA - ReadyLA |
Personal preparedness is a big part of neighborhood preparedness. What you do today to get ready for emergencies and disasters could make all the difference when they strike. |
| Washing and Drying Clothes Efficiently | CR - Tips and Tricks for Line-Drying Clothes |
Save energy and skip the dryer! |
| Washing and Drying Clothes Efficiently | CR - Heat Pump Dryers for Energy Efficiency |
Easy tips for making efficient use of your washer and dryer |
| Washing and Drying Clothes Efficiently | IRV - SCE - Laundry Appliances Efficiency Guide |
A few simple changes to the way you clean and dry your clothes can have a significant impact on energy savings. |
| Cooling Your House More Efficiently | SIO - Space Heating and Cooling |
Instead of burning fuel, heat pumps use a refrigerant to move heat from one place to another, similar to your refrigerator. They are more efficient, more consistent, and offer more control. Plus, one heat pump can replace both your heating and your air conditioning units. |
| Cooling Your House More Efficiently | IRV - Electrify Irvine - SWITCH IS ON |
The City of Irvine is proud to partner with the SWITCH IS ON program - a statewide initiative promoting consumer education on electrification and helping residents find vetted contractors and access shortcuts to incentive programs and rebates. |
| Cutting Emissions from Heating | IRV - SCE - Heat Pump Systems |
Your guide to efficient heating and cooling from SCE |
| Cutting Emissions from Heating | IRV - SCE - Heat Pump Water Heaters |
Your guide to gas-free water heaters from SCE - downloadable pdf |
| Cutting Emissions from Heating | SIO - Space Heating and Cooling |
Instead of burning fuel, heat pumps use a refrigerant to move heat from one place to another, similar to your refrigerator. They are more efficient, more consistent, and offer more control. Plus, one heat pump can replace both your heating and your air conditioning units. |
| Making Your Water Heater Efficient | SIO - Heat Pump Water Heaters |
Like gas furnaces, gas water heaters contribute to pollution that hurts local air quality and causes climate change. And like gas furnaces, water heaters pose risks to homeowners if there is a leak or other malfunction. A heat pump water heater (HPWH) can be three times more efficient than conventional water heaters. Plus, thanks to a number of new incentives in California, a new heat pump water heater is more affordable than ever. |
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“Cities are the platform for change in our world today. The Cool Block links the challenges facing our planet to the intimate, personal, social scale of the city block. This program starts and ends with the premise and promise—that the individual, household, and neighbors are the way forward in the face of seemingly insoluble global problems.”
