Clean Heat

Clean Heat

Clean Heat

Sierra Club’s Clean Heat campaign is working towards a future where all U.S. homes and small boilers are healthy, efficient, and powered by 100% renewable electricity. 


Transitioning to clean and healthy fossil fuel-free buildings and industrial facilities plays a critical role in meeting our climate goals, protecting public health, and ensuring energy is reliable and affordable.

A household's access to energy is essential to health, comfort and well-being. But many households suffer from a high energy burden and struggle to pay their energy bills.

Energy Burden Calculator

The Energy Burden Calculator can be used to help you estimate the percentage of your income that is spent on energy expenses (electricity and home fuels). Generally, a household energy burden over 6% is considered unaffordable.

See Your Energy Burden

EnergySage Solar Calculator

Calculate your solar savings!

In partnership with EnergySage, this solar calculator can help estimate your upfront costs, potential savings, and financing options — no commitment required.

Solar Calculator

Heat Pump 101

The lowdown on the hottest (and coolest) appliance you’ve never heard of

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Industrial Boilers 101

A little-known piece of manufacturing equipment with a big pollution impact.

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April 25, 2023

Seattle, WA — Nineteen health, environmental justice, and environmental groups submitted a public letter today calling on the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) to tackle dangerous air pollution from fossil fuel heating appliances by kicking off…

April 4, 2023

The Biden administration released additional details surrounding a variety of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) programs designed to create family-sustaining manufacturing jobs in hard-hit communities, lower costs on energy efficient appliances like…

March 24, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee took up the so-called Homeowner Energy Freedom Act. This bill would repeal programs for energy efficiency, home electrification rebates, and workforce development included in the…

March 3, 2023

Eugene, OR -- Students and community members from across Eugene marched out of school and work converging in downtown Eugene on Friday to protest a first-in-the-nation effort from NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, to roll back a local…

March 1, 2023

Eugene, OR — Hundreds of students will march out of school and gather in downtown Eugene on Friday, March 3 to protest NW Natural's first-in-the-nation effort to overturn Eugene's recent ordinance to phase out fossil gas in new homes.