Bradford White Water Heaters, provider of the AeroTherm™ Series Heat Pump Water Heater, has completed an agreement to acquire production assets from the heat pump water heater operations of GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company.
A.O. Smith has introduced a new model of heat pump water heater that the company says can reduce electric water heating costs by as much as 71 percent for some homeowners.
Due to volatility in the energy market, ducted air-source heat pumps remain a hot commodity with sales hitting a peak of almost 2.4 million units in 2014.
Ilios Dynamics Inc., a subsidiary of Tecogen® Inc., has announced its new Ilios™ HEWH-500-AS Split System air-source natural gas-driven heat pump water heater. According to the company, the unit cuts water heating costs in half, reduces a facility’s carbon footprint, and does so with near-zero criteria pollutant emissions.
Bosch has partnered with Taurus Investment Holdings, a Boston-based real estate development company, to equip a new 7,500 home master-planned net zero community outside Austin, Texas, with geothermal heat pumps, hot water systems, and Energy Star appliances.
The Rheem Prestige™ Series hybrid heat pump water heater won the 2014 AHR Expo Innovation Award in the plumbing category. It has an energy factor of 2.45, and it costs less than $16 a month to operate.