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Central HPWHs for multifamily applications
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Contact Keshmira McVey, AWHI Commercial HPWH lead, with questions or for more information.
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Bayview Tower Retrofits to Ultra Efficient Heat Pump Water Heating System
Published by PHCPPros: Last December, leaders in New York City voted to ban the use of natural gas in most new buildings by 2023. New York, the largest city in the country, follows other major cities such as Seattle whereas of Jan. 1, fossil fuels such as natural gas are no longer permitted in most new commercial and multifamily buildings as part of the city’s push toward greater electrification.
These two cities are part of a growing number of communities and states encouraging efficient electric technologies to achieve climate goals. But these steps are a dramatic change for developers and facility managers who’ve long used gas to heat water in large buildings at a low cost. Amid these changes, AWHI is providing practical, climate-friendly solutions. This article also features an interview with Jon Heller, president, Ecotope. 5/6/2022
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Heat Pump Water Heater Market Progress Evaluation Report #7
NEEA contracted with NMR Group in early 2023 to conduct its seventh Market Progress Evaluation Report (MPER) for the alliance’s HPWH program. The findings of this MPER will help inform and refine program interventions in the market. Study objectives included estimating the 2022 penetration of HPWHs in the region with sales broken out by key attributes and evaluating the program’s performance over 2022 by measuring against a subset of market progress indicators. The report concludes that the program has developed a strong foundation for HPWH adoption while also identifying areas for continued attention.
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Take a video tour of Bayview Tower Apartments
Bayview Tower Apartments are a multifamily residence that offers low-income housing to the elderly and disabled. With an eye towards environmental stewardship, they recently completed a retrofit project: replacing electric resistance water heaters with an ultra-energy efficient commercial heat pump water heating system. In this online resource by D+R Learn, you can explore the building and take a closer look of the commercial heat pump water heater.
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Ecosizer makes HPWH systems more cost effective and improves performance, next step Ecosim
Ecosizer is a free educational tool for sizing central water heating systems with heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) in multifamily buildings. It was created to help the building design community determine the right sizing of commercial heat pump water heater systems, making systems more cost effective, and improving performance by sizing thermal storage large enough to handle peak demand periods. Ecotope, the tool’s developer, provides Ecosizer to support the industry’s transition from reliance on fossil fuels to electric heat pumps.
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Contact Keshmira McVey, AWHI Commercial HPWH lead, with questions or for more information.