Roughly a quarter of planet-warming pollution in California comes from buildings and the energy they use. A way to cut that pollution is to get houses off fossil fuels like natural gas and swap out their appliances for electric ones. But doing this home by home, business by business is expensive and slow. So researchers in the East Bay tried something new: overhauling a whole block at once. KQED’s Laura Klivans reports.

<p>Roughly a quarter of planet-warming pollution in California comes from buildings and the energy they use. A way to cut that pollution is to get houses off fossil fuels like natural gas and swap out their appliances for electric ones. But doing this home by home, business by business is expensive and slow. So researchers in the East Bay tried something new: overhauling a whole block at once. KQED&rsquo;s Laura Klivans reports.</p>

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<p>KQED serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone; and engage audiences to share their stories.</p>