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Original reporting about Zero Homes, newest first. Each row links to the publisher.
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Volts, with David Roberts · May 6, 2026
Streamlining the difficult work of whole-home retrofits
"We are going to remove an on-site visit so that we do not have to burden you with one or maybe 20 in-home visits, depending on how many projects and scopes you are looking at." Grant Gunnison, founder and CEO.
Grant Gunnison, founder and CEO, Zero Homes
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Canary Media · Feb 19, 2026
Zero Homes nabs $16.8M to go big on easier heat pump installation
"Homeowners want comfort, and they want it easy. Zero Homes has built the missing digital infrastructure for home upgrades." Matt Eggers, Managing Director at Prelude Ventures, which led the round.
Matt Eggers, Prelude Ventures
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Startup raises nearly $17 million to solve the massive HVAC issue plaguing US homeowners
"Once we can consistently deliver that, then we will very, very rapidly expand geographically."
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Heat pump installations in Colorado more than doubled in 2025
"Heat pumps have been beating furnaces for several years. New news is that heat pumps are gaining on ACs."
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Zero Homes raises $16.8M to digitize home upgrades for homeowners and contractors
"Home upgrades are frustrating, exhausting, and failing everyone involved."
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Exclusive: Zero Homes raises $16.8M for home upgrades
"Upgrading a home is, at best, a crappy experience for both contractors and home owners."
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Ridding Denver-area homes of gas
"We are proud to be building in Colorado and to be leading the charge to rebuild our communities and homes."
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Zero Homes expands in Colorado, adds 53 clean energy jobs
"Heat pumps and more affordable, healthier homes are more accessible than ever."
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$200M in federal funds to be deployed in Denver area for heat pumps
"By making it easy for contractors to install heat pumps, we are growing the region’s economy."
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A field report from the heat pump front lines
A veteran HVAC contractor tests the Zero Homes design tool after meeting the team at the US Heat Pump Summit.
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On heat pumps, Colorado hits the ground running
"This grant will support Zero Homes’ mission to accelerate the transition of single-family homes to clean, all-electric systems."
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This company is making home upgrades like heat pumps cheaper than ever
"It is a win-win for everyone: it is easier and cheaper for homeowners, contractors get good work."
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Need help electrifying your home? This startup has an app for that
"You can only meet with so many people in a day, and most of the time is spent in traffic."
Want a heat pump or induction cooktop? These startups make it easier for you to switch
"It is something like 100 million housing units that we need to electrify."
Meet Zero, the startup determined to scale single-family home electrification
"I think about trying to solve the problem at the 100-million-buildings level, because we have to design a solution at that scale."
Interviews and podcasts
Long-form conversations with our founder and team.
Streamlining the difficult work of whole-home retrofits
"We are going to remove an on-site visit so that we do not have to burden you with one or maybe 20 in-home visits."
Episode 47: three startup CEOs on the future of the heat pump business model
Grant Gunnison joins two other founders on where the business model goes next.
Episode 87: Grant Gunnison, Zero Homes
"Almost no one comes to us saying, I have a massive climate problem in my home."
Episode 38: flipping heat pump economics with Zero Homes
"We are not trying to reduce the value of what is going on in the field. We need that value to be successful."
Grant Gunnison, Zero Homes
"You cannot build your way out of the climate crisis. You have to go back in and fix the old houses."
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Episode 281: digitizing home electrification
How a digital model of a house gets built from photos taken on a phone.
Rewiring the retrofit: digitizing home electrification
Workforce limits, heat pump sizing, and what it takes to go national.
Grant Gunnison on Zero Homes model for decarbonizing homes
A conversation about what it takes to decarbonize existing single-family homes at scale.
Episode 166: simplifying home electrification
A technical audience digs into cutting the number of contractor visits a project needs.
Announcements and recognition
| Date | What happened | Source |
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| Apr 17, 2026 | Selected by Xcel Energy to lead a $10 million Neighborhood Residential Retrofit program in Denver and Aurora | PR Newswire |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Raised a $16.8 million Series A led by Prelude Ventures | Zero Homes and GlobeNewswire |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Colorado expansion: 53 new jobs, backed by state Job Growth Incentive Tax Credits | Colorado OEDIT and the Governor's Office |
| Jan 2, 2026 | Awarded a Colorado OEDIT Advanced Industries Accelerator grant | PR Newswire |
| Jan 2, 2026 | Statewide Colorado expansion tied to the Home Energy Rebate Program launch | PR Newswire |
| May 2025 | Selected for the Exelon Foundation's 2c2i climate-equity cohort | Zero Homes |
| Jan 2024 | Awarded a MassCEC Catalyst grant and won the MassCEC and Greentown Healthy Buildings Challenge | Zero Homes |
| Sep 2022 | Grant Gunnison named to NREL's inaugural West Gate cohort | NREL |
Media contact
Rich Jagisch, Head of Marketing & Growth
richj@zerohomes.io
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