What are whole home systems?
Let’s face it: In 2024, being an eco-conscious homeowner on a budget is tough.
On the one hand, the cost of living is going up — especially since consumer prices have increased 20.9% since the pandemic, according to analysis of a June 2024 consumer price index report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
And yet, the desire to make environmentally friendly choices remains.
According to Aurora Solar’s 2024 Solar Industry Snapshot, more than half of homeowners believe solar is a good investment. That said, 75% who want solar but don’t yet have it say system and installation costs are a concern.
People want to save money. But they also want to save the environment.
How do you do both?
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More than half of homeowners believe solar is a good investment.
Whole home electrification can help
Whole home electrification refers to the process of switching a home’s equipment and applications over from being powered by nonrenewable resources — like natural gas, oil, or wood — to instead being fully powered by electricity.
With electricity as a home’s sole energy source — especially when generated using renewable energy sources like solar — Americans can do more than just reduce their emissions. Residential home electrification can actually save American households $96 billion in energy costs across 49 million U.S. homes.
But electrification is just one aspect of planning to run a home on electricity. Other ways to improve customers’ energy efficiency and reduce their utility costs include insulating windows and swapping out existing lighting fixtures for more energy-efficient ones — and these are just the tip of the iceberg.
$96 billion
Residential home electrification can actually save American households $96 billion in energy costs across 49 million U.S. homes.
Let’s look at some key whole home electrification trends, myths, policies, and benefits you can point to to get your homeowner customers excited about saving money — and our Earth — with a whole home system.