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submitted 8 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Encouraging heat pumps over natural gas would lower long-term costs for homeowners and reduce Ontario's CO2 emissions.

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[-] Tai6VohT@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Another option which regulators seem to avoid is the adoption of passive house standards for new builds. Our Canadian/North American housing standards depend on large energy inputs for heating and cooling - and that doesn't seem to be changing.

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