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LET’S GO ELECTRIC
It’s time to give your home a glow up.

Let’s Go Electric

The future is electric, and it starts at home. Modern, all-electric appliances give you the heating and cooling you need in one appliance, delivering the perfect temperature and humidity for your home all year round. Going electric also removes harmful indoor emissions and improves air quality, creating safer and healthier homes for you and your loved ones. Explore our resources to switch to an electric water heater and home heating and cooling today.

Why Go Electric for Appliances?

Protect your loved ones and invest in your home for the future.

Modernize Key Appliances in Your Home

Take action in your home one appliance at a time with efficient and high-performing models.

Heat pump water heaters are cleaner, safer, and the most efficient method of heating water on the market. Upgrading to a heat pump water heater is better for the climate and may help reduce your energy bill. 


Heat pumps allow you to heat your home in the winter and cool your home in the summer. Because they operate in a stable and consistent way, they bring more comfort to your home and are more energy efficient than gas furnaces. 


Heat pump clothes dryers are more energy-efficient than their gas counterparts, don’t require ventilation, and are gentler on clothing.

If you would like access to the toolkit and the campaign’s full asset portfolio, please email sustainability@smcgov.org.

The Latest News & Events

Free Tire Recycling Drop-Off Event @ Millbrae library
Aug
22

The County of San Mateo Sustainability Department is hosting a free tire recycling drop-off event for San Mateo County residents. There is a limit of 9 passenger or light truck tires per vehicle, as required by state law. Tires accepted at this event must be size R19.5 or smaller, with or without rims. Please ensure the tires are deflated. Tires from commercial, auto repair, and/or salvage businesses will not be accepted.

  • Location:  1 Library Ave, Millbrae, CA 94030
  • Date:  August 22, 2026
  • Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Collector: San Jose Conservation Corps

Questions?

  • Call 888-442-2666

Residents must provide proof of residency in San Mateo County (e.g., driver’s license, utility bill, garbage collection bill, etc.).

For larger truck tires (tractor, truck etc.) contact the Sustainability Department at 888-442-2666 for recycling location information or visit www.recyclestuff.org.

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