During a two-day summit on building electrification held October 10-11, Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US LLC (METUS) joined a multi-company pledge to assist California achieve its climate goal of installing six million heat pumps in the state’s building by 2023. The event was co-hosted by the California Energy Commission and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and took place at the California Natural Resources headquarters in Sacramento, California.

“The pledge by METUS and other companies to help in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from California’s buildings is a continuation of recent actions of the California Energy Commission, the California Air Resources Board, the California Public Utilities Commission and the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development,” the company said in a recent press release.

The pledge puts METUS among several of the world’s suppliers of HVAC solutions to announce its commitment to helping the California Energy Commission achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the installation of heat pumps. As a result, the company is now part of a private equity-group that, according to METUS, will facilitate policy and market support and educate consumers on the benefits of energy-efficient heat pumps, including incentives provided by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other programs.

In addition, the public-private group will collaborate on initiatives like contractor training, supply chain optimization, product availability, performance, efficiency, load flexibility, refrigerant management, data, equity, and financing, among other areas.

Many consumers are unaware of the benefits that all-climate heat pumps can have on comfort, efficiency, and decarbonization. These pledges will not only increase the awareness, but also assist in improving California’s electric grid by increasing efficiency and incorporating load flexibility.

“Through its climate goal of installing six million heat pumps by 2030, the California Energy Commission and its partners are furthering METUS’ mission of educating and increasing adoption of this vital technology,” said Brinnon Williams, vice president of residential business at METUS.

These commitments from companies like METUS, are necessary in order for consumers to understand the ways in which this kind of HVAC equipment can be leveraged to reduce the carbon footprint.

“Agencies like the CEC are making bold commitments to leverage all-climate heat pumps to reduce greenhouse gases,” said Williams, “METUS’ support is vital to ensuring that these goals are realistic and can be met. By collaborating with these agencies, we are sending a message that we are all in agreement that adoption of all-climate heat pumps needs to happen, can happen, and will happen.”