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Built in 1956, Breland Hall, named after Rufus Galloway Breland, is home to the College of Arts and Sciences, which includes 26 departments. Originally built as mens dormitories, Breland Hall accommodated 300 men and offered modern facilities such as a television and recreational lounge along with laundry facilities. Breland Hall served as a dorm for two decades before being repurposed into an academic building for the College of Arts and Sciences, which provides the core liberal arts education at NMSU. The departments for humanities and social sciences are mainly located at Breland Hall along with the offices of the dean, while other areas such as astronomy, biology, geology, chemistry and biochemistry are housed in separate facilities on campus with both classrooms and laboratories.

About Rufus Galloway Breland

Rufus Galloway Breland was born in Maryland in December 1906. Breland came to NMSU in 1925 as an English professor. He taught English literature, public speaking, and vocabulary. Although he was a strict professor, he was beloved by his students. After teaching for four years, he served as department head until his death in 1940. In February 1956, the Board of Regents voted to name the new mens dormitory in honor of Rufus Breland. The dormitory was officially dedicated during homecoming in 1958 when Brelands brother from New York City could be there for the ceremony.

Architectural History

Breland Hall was part of the new wave of architecture after the university outgrew architect Henry C. Trosts master plan that was developed in 1907 for thirteen buildings positioned around "The Horseshoe." His plan was followed faithfully until the growth of the school and its programs required expansion beyond the horseshoe.

The architectural style adopted by Trost and McGhee was still utilized to some degree by other architects following World War II and well into the 1950s. Breland Hall was one of the buildings that included Trosts Spanish Renaissance style that featured hipped roofs with clay tiles and domed towers.

Santa Fe architect Leo J. Wolgamood worked as a draftsman under many renowned architects around the world and served in the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy before becoming a registered architect in New Mexico where he formed a partnership with Alfred R. Millington in Santa Fe.

In the mid-1950s, Wolgamood designed several school buildings across New Mexico. At NMSU, Wolgamood designed Breland Hall, along with Gardiner Hall and the Chemistry Building. His buildings reflected the trend toward Regional Modernism by incorporating Modernist styling, such as large glass curtain walls at the main entries, with touches of Spanish Renaissance Revival styling, such as red tile roofing, that emulated the work of previous architects Trost and Percey McGhee.

In October of 1952, the Board of Regents applied for $1 million in loan assistance for the construction of Breland Hall and Hamiel Hall. Construction began in 1954 and Breland Hall was completed by September 1, 1956 at a cost of $705,666.

Renovations over the years

Breland Hall has undergone several renovations and improvements over more than 60 years. The most significant project was in 1976 when the facility was remodeled, changing its use from a dormitory to accommodate the College of Arts and Sciences offices, classrooms, and laboratories. The renovation cost $1.9 million.

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Rediscovering the charm of a Chicago brownstone

Rebekah Zaveloff likes walls. In that, Chicago-based co-founder/ principal designer of KitchenLab Interiors http://www.kitchenlabinteriors.com is at odds with a substantial subset of her peers, many of whom never met a space they didnt want to open up.

Zaveloff, who runs the full-service firm with her husband Nick, says she likes the way well-placed walls can define space and frame compositions.

I am one of those people who always wants to bring back a wall. People are like What youre crazy! But thats something I really love about old houses that they do have separate spaces.

Thats the perspective Zaveloff brought to an elderly brownstone two-flat in Chicagos West Town, which clients had tasked her with restoring after a series of poorly-conceived renovations left the floor plan disjointed and choppy.

Down the middle of the space there were a bunch of posts and some beams that were kind of hodge-podged together, explains Zaveloff.

Along with the building puzzles came the challenge of a tight budget. To meet it, Zaveloff turned to her tried and true practises to avoid overspending.

Often, its structural. Someone may hate the railing of the stair and think the only option is to replace it. I say no, lets paint it white or black, says Zaveloff, especially if we are going to put a sofa in front of it.

Some things, however, simply must get fixed. Here it was shrinking a full bath on the main floor installed, no doubt, when it was a flat to a powder room. The new room is small but makes a mighty design statement with deep-toned, large-scaled floral paper, grounded by bold geometric tile.

Often, says Zaveloff, well-made, handsome moulding will be a sound design investment. It is going to create a foundation and background. We were lucky here the casing was wide and had nice backbands and some character. It was good enough, and painting it brought everything to a cohesive place.

Other big questions possibly with expensive answers will include flooring. Do you save up, do you make do, do rip it out? When it comes to tile and light fixtures, though, there are so many products out there, and thats where we do our high/low, our mixing.

Original elements a wonderful street-facing faade topped by a stained-glass transom window were kept. Vintage touches a ceiling medallion and fireplacereplaced builder-grade options used earlier.

One notable aspect of the design are the handsome vistas, the pleasing views between rooms, the sense of flow. That reflects Zaveloffs focus as a fine art student, where she explored the medium of collage, a process that took up to 15 steps to get on canvas.

My work was literally layered, she says. So much of my fine art is relevant to my interior design work.

A stint as a set designer honed composition skill, and an ability to weed out false notes in historically-referenced restorations. We were determined to bring back the charm and the character, but in a modern, fun, young way, says Zaveloff.

Shes especially happy with the kitchen, where Zaveloff says we really nailed that high contrast (with the) unusual choice of black on cupboards and a white island. Some clients would insist it be done the other way, but they trusted us.

Both Zaveloff and her husband also look at design through the lens of the hospitality industry: Nick was a partner in a restaurant, and Zaveloff waited on tables for years as a student.

Those experiences, she says, gives them insight into how to create best seat in the house spots throughout a home.

Its the one you look for as soon as you enter as restaurant, the one with the nicest lighting, the great view, the best seating. We want to create those moments for people in their homes.

Vicky Sanderson is the editor of Around the House, www. aroundthehouse. ca. check her out on instagram @ athwithvicky, on Twitter @ ATHwithVicky and on facebook. com/ATHWithVicky

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Gen Fricker has shared a video to Instagram, detailing incidents of racism from behind the scenes at triple j.

The formerLunch host has detailed the feelings of isolation she had to deal with being one of the two people of colour working at triple j, and the casual racism she witnessed during her time there.

After seeing black tiles all over my feed and people sharing things about how the gatekeepers of the culture should be held accountable Im just going to put this out there, she shared.

If you work at triple j and youre white youre part of the problem.

Fricker explained that she has been engaged in conversation with former and aspiring triple j employees about the experience of being a woman of colour working at the company and constantly being put in a position where she felt it was her duty to call out racism.

The difference between being not racist and anti-racist is calling out that shit, she explained. I dont think you realise how fucking lonely it was being one of two brown people in those rooms having to explain why maybe a white woman singing in another language [perhaps a reference to The Preatures song Yanada] with no black people was a bit fucking problematic.

Fricker details incidents of racism that she witnessed her from her colleagues including having to ask coworkers to stop doing African American accents in the office, blaccents.

She continued to detail how fucking horrible it is to go into an office where the manager has no problem recording a thirty-minute long demo sketch of him prank calling one of our coworkers doing an Indian accent, pretending to be an Indian call centre worker.

We try and say shit about this in the room but you get tired. You get tired of having to fucking explain it all the time. It would be really great if any of these people posting black tiles literally did anything like that day to day.

The former-host implied that much of the Black Lives Matter and First Nations solidarity activism from triple j employees was largely performative.

That Indigenous ally tile is great, its awesome, Im not going to diminish that work, she explained. But post a fucking picture of the management team at triple j and tell me that comes from a real place.

Its not enough to just put black people, Indigenous people at the front. Let them absorb all the horrific shit gets said to them by your audience and go my work here is done.

It starts with you youre gatekeepers of the culture you have a massive influence you need to stop trading off your progressive brand because its not real.

If youre an employee and youre there and youre wondering if theyll fire you for saying something, odds are if youre white, theyre not going to fire you.

It would be far more damaging for them to fire you for speaking out against racism, then for you to speak out about racism.

This weekend a slew of protests organised in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and to highlight First Nations deaths in police custody will unfurl across Australia. If you are healthy and able it is your duty to show up. You can find a guide to all the protests here.

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Chardon, Ohio | $599,000A 1961 glass house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 5.91-acre lot

John Terence Kelly, an architect who was a roommate of Andy Warhol at Carnegie Institute of Technology and a graduate student of Walter Gropius at Harvard, designed this two-story house for a veterinarian and his family. It is built into a hillside, with south-facing glass walls and an overhanging roof, according to the energy-saving principles of passive construction.

The property is about 30 miles northeast of Cleveland and a mile and a half northeast of the historic center of Chardon, a city of about 5,200 people. It is approximately 15 minutes from Lake Erie beaches to the north and Punderson State Park to the south.

Size: 2,210 square feet

Price per square foot: $271

Indoors: The original owners occupied the house until 2014, when they were in their nineties, and raised three children there, despite the lack of doors (except those concealing the bathrooms and closets in a central silo that pierces both floors). Over that time, they maintained the midcentury character.

A few of the recent improvements are a new roof, septic system, HVAC and reverse-osmosis system. The kitchen and upper bathroom have been updated in a period style; the lower bathroom is original. A two-car detached garage has been added, and extensive landscaping done.

A long concrete-block wall passes from the exterior to the interior, as a prominent structural feature. Topped by a ribbon of glass and ziggurat-shaped wood posts that connect to the open ceiling beams, the wall extends across the entire upper level. Refinished hardwood covers the floors, and the smaller of the two wood-paneled silos in the open space contains a fireplace that has been converted to gas.

Behind a wood storage partition is a kitchen with a U-shaped work space defined by refurbished original wood cabinets with white laminate countertops and a blue mosaic-tile backsplash. The stainless steel appliances and sink are recent; the original cooktop folds down from the wall.

The reconstructed upper-level bathroom in the silo has glazed tile in shades of blue, a cylindrical sink, a glass-enclosed shower and porthole-shaped mirrors. The floor also has a small bedroom.

The staircase descends to an open master suite with parquet floors. Space flows around the silo, which hides closets on one side and a bathroom containing a mosaic-walled tub and shower on the other side. A second, small bedroom is on this level, as well.

Outdoor space: The private, wooded property includes a large fenced area and two waterfalls created with 42 tons of sandstone boulders. The patios and the addition of 32 trees are among the recent improvements.

Taxes: $4,692

Contact: Joseph M. Cicero or Debra Cicero, the Cicero Team, Keller Williams, 440-343-7503; ciceroteamrealty.com

This unit is in Smallman Place, a four-year-old, 37-unit condo development in the Strip District neighborhood, less than two miles northeast of downtown. The complex consists of a five-story brick building that is more than a century old and was first used for paper and cigar manufacturing, and a new, adjacent structure. This third-floor corner unit is in the original portion.

A 19th-century manufacturing area that made use of the nearby Allegheny River for transport and declined with the rise of the highways, the Strip District has experienced a 21st-century revival. Its old factory buildings and warehouses contain boutiques, restaurants and technology company offices, and it is the site of open-air markets on weekends.

Size: 1,381 square feet

Price per square foot: $427

Indoors: A hallway leads from the entry door, past a laundry room and utility room, into the main living space at the opposite side of the unit. A shorter corridor branches off to the bedrooms and bathrooms. The floors throughout are polished hardwood, the ceilings are timber with exposed beams, the large windows are set within arched openings and the walls are white painted brick.

The kitchen occupies one end of the main living space and has an island that serves as a divider. Marble tile laid in a herringbone pattern forms the backsplash, and a farmhouse sink complements the Shaker-style cabinets. The appliances include a double oven and an induction cooktop. A custom chandelier hangs in the dining area.

The master bedroom has a pair of windows, a walk-in closet with custom storage and an en suite bathroom with a very large glass-enclosed shower, double sinks and floral-patterned wallpaper. The guest room, which also has a walk-in closet, has the use of a bathroom with a combined tub and shower.

Outdoor space: Residents have the use of a communal courtyard on the main level that was recently remodeled with an outdoor fireplace and grill. There is also a shared exercise room and a dog-washing station. Parking for one car is deeded with the condo, and there is assigned storage in the basement.

Taxes: $2,200 (with a city tax abatement, in place until 2026), plus a $398 monthly homeowner fee

Contact: Allison Pochapin, Coldwell Banker Real Estate, 412-519-7636; coldwellbanker.com

This house is in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood, about five miles north of downtown Indianapolis, set among large, mature trees and architecture dating to the 1920s and 30s. It is less than a mile south of Broad Ripple Village, a cultural district with eclectic and extensive shopping and recreational activities.

Size: 5,064 square feet

Price per square foot: $118

Indoors: An entrance on the north side of the building takes you into the main section, starting with a sunroom. The casement windows, hardwood floors and trim are original and typical of features found throughout the home.

French doors open to a carpeted living room with a double-sided brick fireplace. The room flows around the chimney into a sitting room on the other side that is connected through French doors to a second sunroom, looking out to the front. The living room also connects to a formal dining room with a long, cushioned window seat. Beyond that is an upgraded kitchen with wood floors, white cabinets and a windowed breakfast alcove. A half bathroom is next to the kitchen.

A staircase in the dining room ascends to the four second-floor bedrooms. Three are carpeted and have walls painted in Arts-and-Crafts-inspired colors (robins-egg blue, olive-green, brown). One has hardwood floors and is used as an office. The upstairs hall bathroom was updated with decorative tile and includes a combined tub and shower.

There is also a finished basement with a carpeted family room with stucco walls, extensive cabinets and a bathroom with a shower, as well as a laundry room.

The smaller unit on the south side is reached from a door in the back. It has a living room, eat-in kitchen, two second-floor bedrooms, a second-floor bathroom and a large unfinished basement. Each unit has its own electric and gas meters.

Outdoor space: The fenced lot is 300 feet deep and includes a large rear lawn and patio. The owners added a two-car tandem garage for the north unit that has extensive storage space and a potting porch with a water spigot and a sink. There is abundant street parking for the south unit.

Taxes: $7,618 (2019)

Contact: Kelly Todd, F. C. Tucker Company, 317-258-5253; talktotucker.com

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Businesses on Newport Avenue boarded up their windows on June 3 in anticipation of a protest against police brutality. The protest turned out to be peaceful. JIM GRANT/PENINSULA BEACON

Peninsula merchants are expressing guarded optimism about rebooting with strict health guidelines 10 weeks after being closed or nearly so by the pandemic. Of the devastating impact of being forced to shut down during such unprecedented times, one thing seems certain: It wont be business as usual.

And how long that will last? No one at this point can tell.

Since March when the pandemic first arose weve seen a 99% drop in business due to the stay-at-home order and as expected customers did not want outsiders in their homes, said Tony Romano of Service Kings Carpet & Tile Cleaning at 4660 Niagara Ave. Now that the restrictions are being lifted, we are starting to see customers coming back to do cleanings in their homes and businesses, but definitely not anywhere near what business was like this time last year.

Jason Bullard of Sunset Clipps at 4804 Santa Monica Ave., lamented the lack of communication between the state and small-business merchants during the pandemic.

The communication between cosmetologists and the state board was non-existent, he claims. I never received one email about the virus situation, learned everything from the news, including (about) reopening. Working with a mask on for eight hours was more difficult thanexpected.But overall it is nice to be back to work. We really missed our clients.

Barbara Iacometti of Details SalonSpa at 4993 Niagara Ave., said: Covid 19 has been quite devastating for salons. Before we had the shut down order we were already feeling the affects of people wanting to be away from other people by the numbers of cancellations we were getting. Once shut down, we had to deal with no income and bills that still came in. There is no waiting area anymore and magazines and refreshments are a thing of the past.

People are asked to sign a waiver before coming to the salons. The new normal is service providers and salon clients will both be wearing masks. Stations will be disinfected between clients and social distancing will be followed. You wont be able to bring your girlfriend, husband or child in with you to get your service.

Sandy Hanshaw, owner of the Coffee Hub and the Wine Pub at 2907 Shelter Island Drive, in Point Loma Village, was ready to return, business as usual or not.

We were excited to welcome customers back June 1, she said. We will be limiting our seating but will be offering additional outdoor seating in our breezeway. Additionally, masks will be worn by our staff and are required from our guests while they are ordering or until they arrive at their table.

Scott Watkins of Ocean Beach Brewery at 5041 Newsport Ave. has had to rework his business model.

You go up and order through plexiglass from the counter and they give you a number and bring your food to you trying to minimize contact, he said. We have people seated every other table at all three of our levels. Right now were open Thursday through Sunday all three levels. Monday through Wednesday its just the ground floor.

Despite the difficulties of reopening under so many restrictions, Watkins said, Im an optimist. However, we wont know for two weeks after weve opened, if well have a surge of customers or if people will back off a little. Were in a huge recession now and people are out of work and struggling. The fact of the matter is, well know in a couple of weeks what the turnout will be.

Carol Ladiges, owner of Lighthouse Ice Cream at 5041 Newport Ave., said reopening has been tough. But shes making do.

I decided to close my doors temporarily on March 17, Ladiges said. It was a tough decision because March is one of our highest volume months with spring break. We reopened on May 18, serving customers from our front door. It's been challenging trying to serve them as quickly as possible.

Added Ladiges: Our employees wear masks and gloves and use lots of hand sanitizer. We ask our customers to social distance and wear masks out of respect for our other patrons. I have displayed photos of each ice cream flavor in our front window to help keep the ice cream experience alive. For now, we have shortened our hours to 11:30 a.m.- 8:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, for small-business owners, being back in business means adapting to the new normal.

We provide an essential service to our customers to help maintain their homes and businesses cleanliness, said Romano of Service Kings. And of course we will always give the customers the peace of mind that we follow the prescribed six-foot distance and wear appropriate PPE.

I never qualified for small- business relief because my stylists are independent

contractors, said Bullard of Sunset Clipps. But thanks to the support of my customers through GoFundMe, I was able to keep the shop going during shut down.

The safety of our staff and guests is our primary focus, said Iacometti of Details SalonSpa. We would like to thank all of our clients for being so patient as we trend towards the new ways and pray a vaccine comes soon.

Concluded Iacametti, We have all been waiting for our haircuts, colors etc. Please be patient. We are working hard to get all of you in and get back to normal. We are excited to get back to our craft and back to making you all look and feel good.

Details SalonSpa will be reopening Monday, June 8.

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In this report, the Covid-19 Impact on Global Terrazzo Tile market is valued at USD XX million in 2019 and is expected to reach USD XX million by the end of 2026, growing at a CAGR of XX% between 2019 and 2026. Covid-19 Impact on Global Terrazzo Tile market has been broken down by major regions, with complete market estimates on the basis of products/applications on a regional basis.

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Terrazzo originated in Italy, where marble-workers would take the crumbs of their work home, mix them with cement and create faux-stone floors for their terraces. Since then, terrazzo floors have grown into an art form all their own with a wide range of styles and possibilities. Classic terrazzo is a mixture of marble fragments, called the aggregate, and a cementations binding agent, called the matrix. It is resilient and can be used inside and outside and it can be cast in place or laid in manufactured tiles.

Since the COVID-19 virus outbreak in December 2019, the disease has spread to almost 100 countries around the globe with the World Health Organization declaring it a public health emergency. The global impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are already starting to be felt, and will significantly affect the Terrazzo Tile market in 2020.

COVID-19 can affect the global economy in three main ways: by directly affecting production and demand, by creating supply chain and market disruption, and by its financial impact on firms and financial markets.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought effects on many aspects, like flight cancellations; travel bans and quarantines; restaurants closed; all indoor events restricted; over forty countries state of emergency declared; massive slowing of the supply chain; stock market volatility; falling business confidence, growing panic among the population, and uncertainty about future.

This report also analyses the impact of Coronavirus COVID-19 on the Terrazzo Tile industry.

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Beijing Lu Xing

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We often see different concepts for iPhones that are about to arrive. It happens every year and 2020 is no exception. This year too we have seen some concept renders based on rumours and leaks. However, one of the creators seems to have gone a bit far with the design and has imagined how an iPhone with detachable modules may look like. Named Louis Berger, the designers new Mosaic is a family of three products, which includes two add-ons and one full-screen dock. First is the Photo Tile, the detachable camera module, second is the detachable Large Display tile dock and the third is a Small Display Size add-on.

As per Mosaic, one can dock the Photo Tile at the back of the Large Display Tile and use it as a full-fledged modular iPhone.

The Photo Tile is not just a mere camera add-on for iPhones but can also work independently. Users can control its functionalities using pressure-sensitive bezels, paired smart watches and hearables. The detachable tile has three cameras with what looks like a LiDAR sensor and a small display on the top corner.

Also read: Apple iPhone 12 models may feature in-display fingerprint sensor, more than a year after Android phones

The display on the back of Photo Tile functions as its main GUI if used in stand-alone mode. It's made for complications, app links, notifications and to communicate to the outside with personalised messages & emojis. Furthermore the display doubles as a flashlight & torch, adds the web page.

The Small Display Size tile is the same size as the Photo Tile except that it's an entire screen instead of cameras. Mosaic imagines it as a mini iPhone as it has all those features but on a smaller display. The small display tile adds a compact GUI to Photo Tile. With it, you get a device similar in experience to a regular smartphone, just with only half the screen real estate.

The compact display still offers enough space for scaled-down apps and a keyboard, adds the website.

Also read: Apple iOS 14 may reach all the iPhones running iOS 13: Report

Lastly, the Large Display Tile is almost as big as the iPhone itself but can also dock the Small Display Tile or the Photo Tile at the back, resulting in a full-fledged modular iPhone.

Of course this is a concept of how future iPhones will be but most of us know this may not be a reality for at least next 2 years. Also, the future of modular phones is a dicey one for now since most of them are slowly moving towards foldables now. It is worth adding that Google has tried experimenting with Project Ara modular phones in the past and has failed miserably in it. So brands, even if theyre thinking to move towards a module device, might be skeptical on its performance in the market.

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If there was a modular iPhone, it may have looked like this - Hindustan Times

Buildings were first electrified nearly 150 years ago. So, why is it that building electrification is now among the energy industrys most popular buzzwords?

Most buildings run on multiple fuels. They use electricity to power lights, refrigeratorsand electronic devices. And they consumefossil fuels such as natural gas or propane to power furnaces, boilers, and water heaters.

That persistentreliance on fossil fuels makes buildings one of the largest sources of planet-warming pollution. In the United States, buildings account for roughly 40 percent of the countrys energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, andnearly half of homesrely on natural gas as their primary heating fuel.

Building electrification, beneficial electrification, or building decarbonization all describe shifting to use electricity rather than fossil fuels for heating and cooking. The goal of such a transition: all-electric buildings powered by solar, wind, and other sources of zero-carbon electricity.

Heat pumps are the big one. Building electrification is an attractive alternative today because fossil-powered appliances and equipment already haveviable electric substitutes. It's just a matter of making and paying for the switch.

Heat pumps are the enabling technology of widespread building electrification. Unlike conventional furnaces or boilers, which burn fuels to produce heat,heat pumps use electricity to send heat where its needed or remove it from where its not, much like a refrigerator. And because heat pumps can either expel heat from the indoors during the cooling season or capture heat outdoors from the ground or air and draw it indoors in winter, they offer a two-for-one benefit: heating and air-conditioning from the same equipment.

In a fully electrified home or office, furnaces and boilers that today run on natural gas, propane, or heating oil can be replaced with ground- or air-source heat pumps. Gas-powered water heaters can be replaced with heat pump water heaters. And in the kitchen, gas-powered ovens and burners can be replaced with electric ranges and induction cooktops.

Heat pumps aremuch more efficient than the equipment they replace. Air-source heat pumps or heat pump water heaters are three to five times more energy efficient than their natural gas counterparts. And researchers are using artificial intelligence to make heat pumps even more efficient.

Yes, and the technology keeps getting better.

A misconception persists that heat pumps will fail in extreme cold. Not so. A recent Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) report found that cold-climate heat pumps can heat homes even when the outdoor temperature plunges to minus 12 degrees Fahrenheit.

Maine is so confident in the performance of cold-climate heat pumps the state adopted a target to install 100,000 heat pumps by 2025.

It is true that older models, and the models that are designed to be in Southern or Mid-Atlantic climates, do not perform as well in the super-cold temperatures we have here. But the ones were promoting perform great in those temperatures, Efficiency Maines Michael Stoddard told GTM.

Yes, including public health and safety. A growing body of research is documenting the danger posed by indoor air pollution in homes with gas stoves.

RMI and several environmental and public interest advocacy groups recently published a report that surveys two decades of research into the links between combustion of gas indoors for cooking and negative effects to human health. Researchers found that cooking with gas can lead to nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide levels that would violate outdoor pollution standards and that children in a home with gas cooking have a 42 percent increased risk of having asthma.

Once restaurant chains, professional chefs, and amateur chefs at home experience cooking with electric ranges or induction cooktops, they tend to prefer the power and control and safety of all-electric cooking.

It depends. Full electrification is typically the cheaper option in new buildings. Builders avoid the cost of installing natural gas lines and meters, and improved energy efficiency can check rising electricity bills. Another RMIreport found that new homes outfitted with electric heat pumps, a tight building envelope, and rooftop solar panels are economical even in cold-climate locales like Duluth, Minnesota.

For existing buildings, its a bit more complicated.

Researchfound that in many cases building owners can reduce overall energy use, lower their energy bills, and reduce emissions when replacing oil and propane furnaces, boilers, and water heaters with electric heat pumps. But consumers may pay a higher upfront cost to install air-source heat pumps or heat pump water heaters instead of gas models.

In much of the country, rebates or other incentives are not yet available for the more efficient electric equipment. Owners of older buildings may have to pay to upgrade electrical panels, and invest in energy efficiency improvements, to accommodate full electrification.

It appears so, but there will be some complications; grid operators must be ready for a new seasonal peak. Ongoing investment will be required in home weatherization, installation of flexible, grid-responsive heat pump water heaters, deployment of long-duration energy storage, and other measures to blunt peak electricity demand during extended cold weather events.

Economy-wide electrification (including transportation) could increase U.S. electricity consumption by up to 38 percent by 2050, according to theNational Renewable Energy Laboratory. Overall final energy use would decline by up to 21 percent, however, because electric end use technologies are so much more efficient than equivalent fossil fuel equipment.

In a recent paper, the Austin-based energy research organization Pecan Street found that if every single-family home in Texas was converted from natural gas to electric heating, households would save up to $452 annually on their utility bills but the states power grid would shift to a winter peak. The grid could evolve to handle this. This is not a wholesale rethinking of how the grid would have to operate, co-author Joshua Rhodes told GTM.

Ultimately itwill come down to a combination ofpolicy push and consumer pull.

As in many aspects of America's energy transition, California has taken a leading role on the policy side. Already, around 30 U.S. cities and counties, mostly in California, have followed Berkeleys lead in passing ordinances that either encourage or mandate all-electric buildings in new construction.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is busy writing the rules for a $200 million program that will provide incentives for low-carbon space and water heating technologies in new and existing buildings. And the commission recently revised outdated rules that had made electric space and water heaters ineligible for billions of dollars in rebates under Californias ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs.

California regulators recently approved another $45 million for heat pump water heater incentives through 2025. New York state regulators went bigger, approving nearly a half-billion dollars in funding for heat pumps through the same year.

Consumer awareness remains a challenge.A recent poll found that majorities of Californians were unfamiliar with heat pumps and induction cooktops, despite70 percent preferringwind and solar over natural gas to power appliances in their homes. But in jurisdictions with favorable electricity rates and incentives, such as the region served by Sacramentos municipal utility, all-electric homes are already becoming the default for new construction.

Guidehouse Insights (formerly Navigant Research) expects global revenue for all-electric home technologies to surge fivefold to $12.9 billion by 2029,even as consumer awareness lags.

Natural gas companies, naturally.

An American Gas Association study concluded that policy-driven residential electrification i.e., bans on fossil fuel heating equipment would be burdensome to consumers and to the economy and result in a spike in peak electricity demand. Clean energy advocates have questioned the studys cost and emissions assumptions.

The Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), one of the nation's largest natural gas utilities, has mobilized to thwart building electrification in the state. SoCalGas has taken heat for funding a pro-gas advocacy group, Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions (C4BES), that is working to prevent local governments from enacting all-electric building ordinances.

In Arizona, Governor Doug Ducey (R) recently signed a bill that prohibits municipalities from enacting codes or ordinances that ban natural gas in buildings.

Yes, but the opportunity looks fairly limited.

Natural gas companies say that renewable natural gas captured at sewage treatment plants, dairies, and other sources of organic waste can displace natural (fossil) gas and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But even gas industry-backed studies find that renewable natural gas has the potential to replace only a small percentage of current gas consumption in California (9 percent) or nationwide (14 percent).

A recent report (PDF) prepared for the California Energy Commission found that building electrification is likely to be a lower-cost, lower-risk long-term strategy compared to renewable natural gas.

Sure.There'sa long listof challenges, in fact, though all could be overcome. Among them: How to finance a massive scale-up in retrofits to electrify existing buildings? What are the best ways to dispel myths about electrification for contractors (Heat pumps dont work in the cold!) and consumers (I wont give up my gas stove!)? And how to get rid of outdated regulatory barriers?

First-movers are already showing the way see GTMs profile of one familys quest to ditch gas in their California home.

Equity issues loom, too. Without intervention by policymakers, the first buildings to electrify will be those whose owners are most able to do so. As these buildings abandon gas, the customers who remain mayshoulder a larger share of the costs to operate and maintain the distribution system.

Whatever the road forward, political leaders must develop long-term plans to wind down legacy fossil gas systems without leaving low-income households to pay for potentially stranded assets.

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