{"id":6427,"date":"2024-12-17T10:33:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirg.org\/connecticut\/updates\/energy-department-finalizes-efficiency-standards-for-tankless-water-heaters\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T16:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:55:40","slug":"energy-department-finalizes-efficiency-standards-for-tankless-water-heaters","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/pirg.org\/connecticut\/updates\/energy-department-finalizes-efficiency-standards-for-tankless-water-heaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Department finalizes efficiency standards for tankless water heaters"},"featured_media":52515,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":false,"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":""},"campaign_tax":[163],"display_option":[],"issue_tax":[],"region_tax":[],"state":[2],"topic_tax":[142,133,135,134,139,158],"class_list":["post-6427","update","type-update","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"helper_taxonomies":{"topics":[133,134,135,139,142,158],"collection":false,"press_type":false,"person_type":false,"resource_type":false,"event_type":false,"campaigns":163,"department":false,"level":false,"states":[2],"act_option":false,"display_option":false,"primary":{"topic":135}},"featured_image":52515,"caption_override":"","excerpt":"Efficiency standards that take effect in 2029 will reduce pollution and save families on energy bills.","hide_hero_image":false},"helper_people_group":{"title":"Authors","entities":null},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Starting in 2029, new <span lang=\"EN-US\">gas tankless (also known as instantaneous) water heaters sold in America will use about 13% less energy than today\u2019s least efficient models, thanks to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-12\/giwh-ecs-fr.pdf\">energy efficiency standards finalized<\/a> yesterday by the Department of Energy. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">More than 60% of new units sold today already meet the new standards, and all major water heater manufacturers sell such models.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"Setting common-sense standards benefits all American families by making sure we're using energy wisely,\" <strong>said <a href=\"https:\/\/environmentamerica.org\/center\/people\/johanna-neumann\/\">Johanna Neumann<\/a>, Senior Director of the Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy at Environment America Research &amp; Policy Center.<\/strong> \"At a time when electricity demand in America rising, these standards embody the phrase, 'Waste not, want not'.\"\r\n\r\nSince most of the electricity that powers out grid still comes from burning fossil fuels, using energy wisely and burning fewer fossil fuels as a result reduces pollution. Water heating is the second-biggest energy use in most homes, so over thirty years, the pollution reductions from the rule are significant . The standards are expected to reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/appliance-standards.org\/document\/new-standards-tankless-water-heaters-set-cut-utility-bills-and-climate-pollution\">32 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions<\/a> from units sold over 30 years and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-12\/giwh-ecs-fr.pdf\">reduce<\/a> the air pollutants, SOx and NOx, which cause respiratory and cardiovascular problems.\r\n\r\n<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">These standards will also reduce total household energy costs by an average of $112 over the life of the product when compared to purchasing and using less-efficient tankless models, according to the agency.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","":null}}],"featured_content":[]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Energy Department finalizes 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