Electrifying Hydronic Heating in New England

This is a series of GridWorks white papers commissioned by The Efficiency Maine Trust on the topic of electrifying hydronic heating in New England, in order to support their efforts in decarbonizing the state of Maine.

1 Replacing Boilers with a Grid Innovation: evaluates what is necessary, at a high level, to address the dual challenges of electrifying space heat in Maine and moving to renewable energy sources.

2 Controls for Thermal Storage: examines a crucial change to the control strategy that os required to run a heating system once thermal storage is added.