Heinrich To Keynote Electrification Webinar Hosted By Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Wednesday, January 26 at 1:30 p.m. MT/3:30 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), cofounder of the Electrification Caucus and member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will participate in a webinar hosted by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment that will highlight some of the latest research on building electrification as a critical climate solution.

The virtual event titled, Electrification of the Building Sector: Constructing an Equitable Transition, will feature keynote remarks from Senator Heinrich, a leader on electrification in Congress. It will also include a panel of science and technology experts discussing options, progress, and barriers for building decarbonization. Topics include: cutting-edge energy system technologies, efficient building best-practices, reducing household appliance methane emissions, and resulting financial implications for consumers. The conversation will focus not only on the technology but also on assuring that the transition puts a priority on equity and justice.

Broad electrification will be critical to achieving proposed national and global goals of net-zero carbon emissions required to combat climate change. The Build Back Better Act includes language from Senator Heinrich’s Zero-Emission Homes Act to provide rebates for the purchase and installation of electric appliances and equipment in single-family homes and multifamily buildings, with additional support for low- and moderate- income households. Senator Heinrich also introduced the Electrifying America’s Future Resolutionto advance the vision of widespread electrification in the U.S. In a guest essay in The New York Times, he called for electrifying large parts of the U.S. economy and changing the supply of that electricity from polluting fuels to clean energy.

WHO:

Keynote Speaker: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich

Speakers:

• Chris Field, Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
• Stephanie Greene, Managing Director, Carbon-Free Buildings, Rocky Mountain Institute
• Rob Jackson, Michelle and Kevin Douglas Provostial Professor of Earth System Science, Stanford University
• Mike Mastrandrea, Research Director, Climate and Energy Policy Program, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

WHAT: Webinar Hosted By Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Electrification of the Building Sector: Constructing an Equitable Transition

WHEN: Wednesday, January 26, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. MT/3:30 p.m. ET

RSVP: This virtual event is open to members of the media. Please register HERE. 

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