Well before Gov. Brown signed his executive order calling for carbon neutrality by 2045, experts were puzzling over how to stop greenhouse gas emissions from homes and commercial buildings. Homes and commercial buildings are responsible for about 12 percent of California’s greenhouse gas emissions, and the goal is to make them carbon-neutral. This week, some of those experts will gather at VerdeXchange, a clean technology conference in Los Angeles, to share their solutions.

Some are focused on eliminating natural gas appliances from homes and gas boilers from commercial buildings. Advocates argue that if we all replace our gas appliances and use only electricity for heat, hot water and cooking, then homes and business will be emissions-free (that is, once all electricity serving buildings is renewable, which still decades away).

By George Winter, LA Daily News