GE's Hybrid Water Heater, first Energy Star qualified ..... saves consumers up to $320* in energy savings
Louisville, Kentucky -- Open the December issue of Popular Science and you'll find that the GE Hybrid Water Heater, with its advanced technology, pulls energy savings out of thin air. The innovative water heater has won a Best of What's New award in the Home Technology category. This is the fourth time GE's innovative products have won a Popular Science Best of What's New award for Home Technology.
Each year the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year; breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant leap in their categories. Best of What's New awards are presented to 100 new products and technologies in 11 categories: Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing, Engineering, Gadgets, Green Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Home Technology, Personal Health and Recreation.
"For 22 years, Popular Science has honored the innovations that surprise and amaze us -- those that make a positive impact on our world today and challenge our views of what's possible in the future," said Mark Jannot, Editor-Chief of Popular Science. "The Best of What's New Award is the magazine's top honor, and the 100 winners -- chosen from among thousands of entrants -- represent the highest level of achievement in their fields."
By utilizing heat pump technology in combination with traditional electric elements, the ENERGY STAR® qualified GE Hybrid heat pump water heater pulls heat from surrounding air and transfers it to the tank. This innovative process creates the same amount of hot water as a traditional water heater, but can reduce energy expenses up to 62%.* That could have a dramatic impact on the environment and on consumers' monthly utility bills since the residential water heater is the highest energy user in U.S. households behind heating and cooling systems. In fact, the results in energy savings could be as high as $320 per year.*
For more information about the award-winning GE Hybrid Electric Heat Pump Water Heater and to view a 3D animation explaining how the water heater works, visit www.geappliances.com/heat-pump-hot-water-heater/.
Founded in 1872, Popular Science (www.popsci.com) is the world's largest science and technology magazine, with a circulation of 1.3 million and 7.1 million readers. Each month, Popular Science delivers "The Future Now," reporting on the intersection of science and everyday life with an eye toward what's new and why it matters. Popular Science is published by the Bonnier Corporation (www.bonniercorp.com), one of the largest consumer publishing groups in America and the leading media company serving passionate, highly engaged audiences through more than 40 special-interest magazines and related multimedia projects and events.
GE Consumer & Industrial spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliances, lighting and integrated industrial equipment, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use in more than 100 countries, GE Consumer & Industrial uses innovative technologies and ecomaginationSM, a GE initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that help customers and consumers meet pressing environmental challenges, to deliver comfort, convenience and electrical protection and control. General Electric (NYSE: GE), imagination at work, sells products under the Monogram®, Profile™, GE®, Hotpoint®, Reveal® and Energy Smart® consumer brands, and Entellisys®, Tetra®, Vio™ and Immersion® commercial brands. For more information, consumers may visit www.ge.com.
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*Based on DOE test procedure and comparison of a 50-gallon standard electric tank water heater using 4881 kWh per year vs. the GE Hybrid water heater using 1856 kWh per year.