My Heat Pump Water Heater Tour Across America

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This summer time I launched into a cross nation tour of America to see the quiet revolution happening in decarbonized water heating. I had the chance to go to factories that produce warmth pump water heaters, installers which can be coaching their employees to seize the oncoming tidal wave of installations, Nationwide Labs which can be researching the newest innovation in decarbonized water heating, inexpensive housing areas which can be working to offer low price and clear water heating, and residential builders who’re putting in warmth pump water heaters in new abodes.

It was an superior, superb, unimaginable, insert-your-superlative-of-choice journey right here. I after all introduced my warmth pump water heater costume as I interviewed plenty of of us engaged on the reducing fringe of saving the planet and serving to folks take higher, cleaner, decrease price showers. And I did this journey as a lead-up of kinds to the large celebration of decarbonized water heating — Heat Pump Water Heater Day, October 23.

Now, it’s possible you’ll not get excited as I do about water heaters. However perhaps all of us ought to get a bit extra jazzed about this expertise. Possibly photo voltaic panels and EVs shouldn’t be the one thrilling icons of the inexperienced vitality motion. Possibly it’s time that our lengthy forgotten water heaters get the popularity they deserve — as one of many main instruments to decarbonize our houses and one of many best methods to economize on our utility payments. Water heating accounts for almost 20% of most houses’ vitality use, and warmth pump water heaters are the silver bullet, just-in-time, crucial resolution to decreasing that vitality use and eliminating any air pollution that comes from showering or operating your dishwasher. They warmth hundreds and hundreds of gallons of water utilizing little vitality and save most households hundreds of dollars annually on their utility payments. What’s to not get enthusiastic about!

So, I hope you’ll be part of me on a Warmth Pump Water Heater Tour Throughout America — a weekly collection via October twenty third, the place I’ll traipse throughout the nation in my ridiculous costume speaking to a number of the main voices serving to to make scorching water clear.

Try the first video from my tour here.

First cease: the Bradford White warmth pump water heater manufacturing facility in Middleville, Michigan. I’ll cowl that superior go to in my subsequent put up.