CEE’s Gas Committee is exploring ways to promote high-efficiency residential gas water heating.

“A national initiative can lay out a vision and a plan, sending a message to manufacturers that the efficiency community is united in advancing efficient water heating in a particular way,” said CEE Program Manager Stephanie Jones, who is coordinating this effort.

This exploratory effort seeks to address tank-type and tankless water heaters, developing separate specifications and program templates for each type of heater.

Other technologies – such as heat-recovery, indirect and integrated systems – are also being considered.

As part of the exploratory process for drafting an initiative description, CEE’s Gas Committee will examine equipment availability, in-field performance and potential energy savings.

In a related effort, the Gas Committee is exploring the possibility of sponsoring research on tankless water heaters to answer questions about the potential market and energy savings.

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