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Welcome to this blog. Here we will share resources about how to decarbonize your home. Decarbonizing means reducing your fossil fuel consumption for cooking, heating, clothes drying etc.


Below you see a picture of a mini split heat pump that I just installed to heat and cool our bedroom. It is a small 6,000 Btu/hr (1/2 ton) unit, but this is plenty of capacity for one room. I will post a detailed list of the parts and tools I purchased to complete this install. These tools will be available to rent from us. I will also post reviews of the various tools.

Mitsubishi Cold Climate Heat Pump

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