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Living Electric
A mother and son cuddle on a couch while reading a book. The image text says, "That's living electric. Cozy comfort, healthier home." There is also a Boulder County logo.

Living Electric in Boulder County

Did you know that the appliances, design, and fuel choices of your home and workplace can affect your overall health and comfort? Choosing all-electric appliances, including highly efficient heat pump technologies, leads to benefits like healthier indoor air quality, increased resistance to future wildfires and smoke damage, fewer maintenance concerns, reduced energy costs, and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

Scroll down to learn more about electric alternatives to fossil-fuel appliances and equipment, and how Boulder County can help you go electric.

Heating and Cooling with Heat Pumps

A woman smiles while reading a book on a couch

Juranny, from Superior, enjoys reading in a home heated and cooled with a heat pump.

Cozy comfort, healthier home.

Achieve effortless, all-season comfort and better indoor air quality when you switch to a heat pump.

Heat pumps are a tested-and-true electric HVAC technology that both heat and cool buildings of any size, without the toxic air pollution created by gas-powered alternatives. With proper insulation, they are more efficient than air conditioners and furnaces and can cut down your electric bill. Boulder County has income-qualified and standard rebates available for homes and businesses looking to go electric:

Home Heat Pump ResourcesCommercial Heat Pump Resources

Heat Pump Water Heaters

A young man shaves his face

Jeronimo, from Longmont, shaves using hot water delivered by a heat pump hot water heater.

Cleaner shave, healthier home.

Enjoy cleaner, safer home air when you switch to a heat pump water heater.

Heat pump water heaters use heat pump technology to draw in heat from the air to heat up water. Compared to Energy Star gas water heaters, heat pump water heaters are about five times as efficient and create half the carbon pollution–for about the same annual energy costs. They are up to three times more efficient than standard electric resistance water heaters, reducing your annual energy costs for hot water by 67%.
Home Heat Pump Water Heater ResourcesCommercial Heat Pump Water Heater Resources

Electric Kitchens

A father flips a pancake while his school-age son watches

Marlon and David, from Denver, enjoy cooking pancakes with an efficient, electric induction stove.

Fun meals, fresher air.

Experience cleaner indoor air when you switch to a modern induction stove.

All-electric kitchen equipment, like electric ovens and induction or electric resistance stoves, keep toxic pollutants out of your indoor air. Induction technology is also the most efficient way to cook food, with over 90% of its energy going directly into cooking, keeping your kitchen cooler than other types of stoves.

Home Kitchen ResourcesCommercial Kitchen Resources

About this campaign

“Living Electric” is funded by the Boulder County Office of Sustainability, Climate Action, and Resilience and created in collaboration with OneK Creative. All the people featured in this campaign are local residents who want to help us share the benefits of electric lifestyles.

Contact Us

Contact

Sabina Maniak
Climate Communications Specialist

Boulder County Courthouse

1325 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO 80302
Map and Directions

8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Monday-Friday

Mailing Address

PO Box 471
Boulder, CO 80306