Alexander Gard-Murray

Political economist working on decarbonization, Director @GreenhouseInst

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

And the original @CLASPappliances Hybrid Heat Homes report I wrote with @energysmartwv @mattxmal @spantano shows switching from central AC to Heat Pumps would be a smart idea for 🇺🇸 as well: https://t.co/6PaIKKcjMG

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

Promising heat pump news! The Canadian Govt's new Green Building Strategy plans to explore requiring "installation of heat pumps instead of one-way central air conditioners in all new homes and certain retrofit scenarios." https://t.co/wNXsmypdfG

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

For more on the new 🇨🇦 Green Building Strategy (and where it falls short), see this helpful explainer by @br_haley: https://t.co/JHwcgLvsIe

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@cbarrie I don't have Krippendorff (1980) to hand, so can't confirm that he says "very good" there. But perhaps you can run it down.

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@cbarrie Perhaps Krippendorff (1980) "Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology." Sage. In the 2004 edition he's cautious about 0.8 ("I recommend such levels with considerable hesitation", p. 242), but I've seen some citations of "very good" to the earlier edition.

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@shoomlah Wow, Fallout: New D'ni looks wild.

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@fgenovese__ HSBC's estimates may well be spot-on. But even if they're right, I'd want to see a comparison with housing completions and sales of other heating devices before concluding that things were going off the rails.

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@chrismbryant The headline here seems a bit off to me. A lot hinges on HSBC's estimate of Q4 sales growth. If you look at the actual EHPA data that's available so far, heat pump sales were actually slightly *higher* from Q1-Q3 in 2023 than in 2022.

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@energysmartwv I'd take umbrage at being called an "egghead" if I weren't the kind of person who uses the word "umbrage."

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@SimoMila @fgenovese__ perhaps you can advise?

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

This was a great job full of great people. Highly recommend applying, and happy to answer questions about life at CSL / Brown!

[Jeff Colgan @JeffDColgan]

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[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@BretDevereaux I'd argue that high energy prices are yet another reason to keep backing Ukraine. Backing off sends the message that Putin's energy blackmail worked.

https://t.co/O2EHjjkcuH

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@Fortgoose @NoNukeBailouts Oof, sorry for your rough experience! I'd expect newer units to perform better...

The path we recommend in our report includes backups, making sure that people have multiple options when it gets cold instead of relying on one piece of equipment.

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@ProfAvenarius @GreenhouseInst @bdacanada @br_haley @EfficiencyCAN @sarah_kmiller @ClimateInstit You had a good policy! But not shared by enough distributors, apparently: central AC sales were 10x comparable heat pump sales in Canada last year, locking hundreds of thousands of families into less flexible equipment.

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

Canadians deserve two-way heat pumps, not one-way central air conditioners!

New @GreenhouseInst report I wrote with Matt Poirier (@bdacanada), @br_haley (@EfficiencyCan), & @sarah_kmiller (@climateinstit) shows why #heatpumps are the future:

https://t.co/0ae4PZTI4H

[Alexander Gard-Murray @GardMurray]

@siumai007 @GreenhouseInst @bdacanada @br_haley @EfficiencyCAN @sarah_kmiller @ClimateInstit An objective view is crucial! And objectively, having a heat pump and another backup heat source (which is what we model in the study) offers more redundancy and flexibility than a single heat source could. Plus the heat pump will handle the cooling in the summer.

[Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback]

We have millions of orphaned or abandoned oil and gas wells across the country that industry has not paid to clean up. Many of them are leaking. Climate pollution capture and storage should start right here!