Pilots
Multifamily Pilot
What is the Multifamily Pilot?
The Multifamily Pilot encompasses strategies to address key challenges to heat pump adoption in multifamily properties. These pilots will enable:
- Market development by addressing barriers to electrification retrofits to increase adoption of heat pump technologies moving market toward a new business as usual.
- Capacity building because property owners and contractors will develop knowledge of heat pump applications and their benefits to increase use in their projects.
- Multifamily building benefits by improved comfort and more efficient equipment and reduced energy use, as well as reduced emissions working towards the state’s larger climate targets
In the September 2024 Electrification Readiness webinar, members of the pilot's implementation team presented an overview of the approach and spoke with two participants, Self Help Enterprises and Marin Housing Authority, about their experience. To learn more, watch a recording of the webinar.
Multifamily Pilot Strategies
Portfolio Roadmap
The pilot roadmap supports owners in developing a roadmap for transitioning their portfolio to all-electric. In the June 2024 Electrification Roadmap webinar, the multifamily pilot provided an overview of the approach and heard from one participant, Eden Housing, about their experience. To learn more, watch a recording of the webinar.
We are currently working with multiple property owners with this flexible model. View the roadmap flyer to see how this approach can be adapted to reflect individual organizations' needs and priorities.
Central Heat Pump Water Heater Technical Support
This central heat pump water heater component of this pilot provides design and installation technical assistance, pre- and post-install system-based monitoring, and enhanced incentives to support owners transitioning to central heat pump water heaters. The Association for Energy Affordability (AEA) has been working with contractors and owners to evaluate and monitor central systems. Learn what we've observed out in the field by reading the Central Heat Pump Water Heater – Performance and Sizing case study (Part 1).
Property Electrification Readiness Plan
The readiness plan offers technical assistance to develop a property-level plan to change in-unit water heating and HVAC equipment to heat pumps through an upgrade-at-change-out approach. This component includes incentives for electrical infrastructure upgrades.
Small Portfolio Owners
The small portfolio owners’ component of the pilot will provide technical and administrative support to enable small-scale rental property owners to identify and undertake upgrades to electrify their buildings.
Resources
Additional information on multifamily incentives and training courses is available on the Multifamily Information page.