Heat Pump Water Heater Day
Heat Pump Water Heater Day
It’s an entire day dedicated to heat pump water heater (HPWH) education and awareness on residential and commercial heat pump water heaters, with special events during the week leading up to the big day.
Like the versatile Inspector Gadget himself, HPWHs are always on duty and have the impact of many high-tech gadgets that meet hot water needs while cutting emissions, saving energy, and more. This virtual event brings together policymakers, product innovators, program designers, and industry leaders to connect and transform the water heating market.
Collectively, we have the power to create a clean energy, low-carbon future. On Heat Pump Water Heater Day, we’ll connect with advocates, manufacturers, installers, homebuilders, and HPWH owners to showcase ENERGY STAR-certified HPWHs and the ways they help create a better future.
HPWH DAY 2025 Key Note Speaker – Jigar Shah
Shah, recently named to the 2024 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people, is an energy entrepreneur and strategist with a long track record of driving clean energy innovation. He successfully sold SunEdison for $389 million and also served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Originally from Illinois, Shah holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. He most recently led the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, where he oversaw $108 billion in clean energy financing.
In his keynote, kicking us off on October 23rd, Shah will present heat pump water heaters in the larger context of key energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies. Jigar will also explore the synergies of water heating and creating a flexible and clean energy grid, and highlight how heat pump water heaters are key to the clean and connected home of the future.
⚡ Power to the People
How affordable, clean energy and regenerative infrastructure can transform communities
The Big Picture
The energy revolution is here: falling costs, smarter grids, and community innovation make clean, renewable power practical. What’s emerging is more than green tech — a new social contract built on energy democracy and shared prosperity.
Why It Matters
Energy powers food, water, health, housing, and communication. Centralized, polluting systems create energy poverty, inequity, and ecological damage. Clean, decentralized systems let communities own, share, and benefit from the power they create.
The Benefits
- Affordable & resilient: Solar, wind, and storage slash costs; microgrids keep lights on during outages.
- Jobs & justice: Local projects create skilled work and keep revenue circulating.
- Climate & health: Renewables replace fossil fuels that warm the planet and pollute air and water.
- Agency: Decentralized systems turn consumers into participants and producers.
The Bridge: Decentralized Energy Commons
A decentralized energy commons is community-owned power governed cooperatively, treating access as a public good. It pairs clean tech with democratic rules to build regenerative infrastructure that heals ecosystems.
- Community solar gardens deliver affordable power to renters and low-income households.
- Microgrids boost resilience for schools, clinics, and main streets.
- Energy co-ops reinvest profits locally.
- Circular design (from batteries to buildings) drives toward zero waste.
What Communities Can Do
- Map local resources: rooftops, schools, parking lots, brownfields, skilled people.
- Form a co-op or public trust to own assets and share benefits.
- Partner with municipalities & utilities on interconnection, tariffs, and incentives.
- Use open-source tools for monitoring, billing, and data transparency.
- Build energy literacy with workshops, bill clinics, and youth programs.
Every neighborhood can become an energy node in a living, regenerative grid.
✳️ Join the Movement
Clean energy meets collective intelligence
Why It Matters
The world’s information systems are breaking down. Corporate media’s collapse has left truth fragmented, communities disconnected, and public trust in crisis.
But a new story is emerging — one powered by collaboration, not competition. Mobilized News is convening creators, journalists, educators, and innovators to co-create the blueprint for a regenerative media future.
The Big Picture
We’re not just talking about better storytelling — we’re rebuilding the system that shapes it. Discover the people behind the stories, and how you learn from some of the brightest “Architects of the Future.”
Evolutionary Science & Systems Thinking — shifting paradigms for human and planetary wellbeing.
Paradigm Change — understanding the root causes of our on-going crises and how to reclaim health and prosperity through holistic system design.
New career opportunities— as a new paradigm is emerging, what are the new opportunities that restore health and prosperity?
Community-Owned Media & Digital Democracy — training the next generation of public-interest journalists.
Cybersecurity & Digital Sovereignty — protecting truth in the fediverse.
Holistic Management & Ecological Design — cities and governance modeled after nature.
❤️ Health for All — linking personal, social, and planetary health️ while understanding how innovation has sparked a connected health movement.
Saving Democracy — restoring trust through transparency and participation. Ethical leadership, anyone?
The Opportunity
Independent and community journalists aren’t fading — they’re rising. Open-source tools, decentralized networks, and shared-ownership models are giving power back to people.
This isn’t the end of journalism — it’s the great reboot.
The Outcome
The Expo will deliver tangible outcomes designed to make systemic change real:
- Mobilized Media Commons Charter – an open declaration for regenerative media ethics
- Global Co-Creation Directory – linking creators, studios, and educators
- ️ Interactive Map – of federated media hubs worldwide
- Follow-Up Labs & Summits – turning ideas into working prototypes
Join the Movement
Be part of the story that redefines public media for the 21st century.
