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Browse a variety of resources to help you make your home healthier, more efficient, comfortable and resilient.
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Sherry and Michael Get Paid With Sunrays!
By Andrea | September 30, 2026Electrify DC does not endorse products or contractors and receives no commission from these posts. Support our work by donating! Neighborhood: Brightwood, Washington DC Building type: Detached single family home…
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Julia and Jeff Switch to Induction Cooking
By Andrea | July 20, 2026Neighborhood: Eckington, Washington DC Building type: Row home Square footage: 2400 Year built: 1905 Yearly solar production: 9 MWh Projects: solar, water heater, cooktop/range Products: GE stove, model PHS700AYFS from…
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How the Healthy Homes Fair Empowered One DC Student and His Family
By Andrea | May 12, 2026Hi, my name is Sam, I am a DC resident who lives in the Brightwood neighborhood after moving from Columbia Heights. I have lived here with my family for…
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From Gas Bills to Getting Paid: One Family’s Electrification Journey
By Andrea | December 17, 2025Guest post by Mark and Nicole Kresowik, “on behalf of our kids!” We cut the cord with gas in May 2025, and now Pepco pays us! How? By switching…
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The Gas-to-Electric Dryer Switch, and Why It’s Just the Beginning
By Andrea | December 17, 2025By Robert Shalett Neighborhood: Chevy Chase, Washington DC Building type: Row house Square footage: 1,600 Year built: 1936 Solar system size: 7.6 kW Projects: solar, dryer (insulation, water heater, stove,…
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Vanessa’s EV and why you should buy one too
By Vanessa Bertelli | September 22, 2025You have until September 30,2025 to buy an electric vehicle and get $7,500 in tax credits, or $4,000 if you purchase a second hand vehicle. Have you ever wanted an…
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The Bockover’s journey
By Vanessa Bertelli | August 1, 2025Deliberate electrification meets ad hoc construction Our family and our home I’m Kate Bockover. My husband Andrew, our two kids and I are residents of Eastland Gardens, where we’ve lived…
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Our first Demonstration Home open house!
By Vanessa Bertelli | November 16, 2024On a Saturday afternoon in November, more than 35 people gathered in a home in Upper Brightwood to experience the future of sustainable living. Electrify DC’s first Demonstration Site Open…
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Kim and Charlie’s net-zero journey
By Vanessa Bertelli | November 1, 2024Welcome to our House A little about us… Kim and Charlie moved to Washington DC, after we got married in 2011. We have two boys, 9 and 11 years old…
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Anshu and Bijal’s plug-in induction stove
By Vanessa Bertelli | March 17, 2024At the 2024 Healthy Homes Fair, a dozen attendees went home with induction stoves, ranges and plug-ins. We checked in with one couple – Anshu & Bijal – winners of…
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