heat pumps Archives

Home heating the focus of this year’s Electrification Expo

by KCAW Staff | Feb 15, 2024 | The Morning Interview

Kay Kreiss, with Transition Sitka, discusses this Saturday's (2-17-24) Electrification Expo at Harrigan Centennial Hall 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. (free admission). There will be 14 exhibitors available to share information on heat pumps and financing, along with with half-hour presentations on topics from home heating assessments to solar power and weatherization. Read More

Statewide nonprofit helps Sitkans transition to heat pumps

by KCAW News | Feb 13, 2024 | The Morning Interview

KCAW's Meredith Redick spoke with Alaska Heat Smart Executive Director Andy Romanoff about how to decide if a heat pump makes sense for your home and what resources are available to subsidize the cost of installing a heat pump. Read More

After a year of heating problems, Sitka’s middle schoolers return to class in a warm building

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 7, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitka's Blatchley Middle School has been without reliable heat for a full year. The installation of new heat pumps kept kids at home for four full school days Dec 1-6, but principal Ben White says the building is warming up nicely. Read More

Sitka schools seek ideas on how to distribute Prop. 1 funding

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Nov 3, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Prop. 1, the so-called marijuana tax, could be sending $300,000 to Sitka Schools in a couple of years. The district want public input on how to distribute the funding. KCAW's Robert Woolsey reports from the November 1 Sitka School Board meeting. Read More

Premature heat pump failure at Sitka’s middle school could mean $600,000 in replacement costs

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Aug 10, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitka's Blatchley Middle School was without its primary heat source for most of last winter, after five Mitsubishi heat pumps failed. Now, the Sitka Assembly has appropriated up to $600K on first reading for emergency replacements. Read More