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• Improved air quality: Heat pumps also improve air quality by reducing the amount of air pollution from fossil fuel-powered heating and cooling systems. This is beneficial for all New Jersey residents, but especially for those who live in communities that are disproportionately impacted by air pollution.
• Job creation: The transition to heat pumps will create jobs in the HVAC manufacturing and installation industries. This will boost the New Jersey economy and provide new opportunities for New Jersey residents.

Fundamental/Ends and Means Objectives

The following are some of the fundamental/ends and means objectives for New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy:

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Improve air quality
• Create jobs

Objectives Diagrams

The following objectives diagrams illustrate the relationships among the objectives:

Fundamental Objectives Hierarchy

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Improve air quality
• Create jobs

Means Objectives Network

• Increase the adoption of heat pumps
• Invest in renewable energy infrastructure
• Provide financial incentives for heat pump adoption
• Train workers in the HVAC industry

Alternatives

The following are four mutually exclusive, non-dominated alternatives for increasing the adoption of heat pumps in New Jersey:

1. Provide a $5,000 rebate to all New Jersey households that install a heat pump.
2. Offer a 0% interest loan to all New Jersey households that install a heat pump.
3. Require all new homes built in New Jersey to be equipped with heat pumps.
4. Ban the sale of gas-powered heating and cooling systems in New Jersey.

Consequence Table

The following consequence table shows the expected consequences of each alternative for the three attributes:

Sample Solution

Recommendation to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Heat Pump Adoption

Decision-Making Body: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy

Impact of Heat Pump Adoption

Heat pump adoption has a number of positive impacts on both the decision-making body and its constituents/stakeholders. These impacts include:

• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions: Heat pumps are a zero-carbon-emission heating and cooling solution, which means that they do not produce any greenhouse gases. This is important for New Jersey, which is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.