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2024 Heat Pump Water Heater Week Recap

This year’s Heat Pump Water Heater Week was one for the books! Here at Rheem®, this special week is a tradition that started from Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) Day hosted by the Advanced Water Heating Initiative (AWHI). HPWH Day has taken place every October since 2022 and is dedicated to energy efficiency education and awareness. From attending the annual HPWH Day program to watching our plumber live stream training, HPWH advocates from around the country enjoyed learning about the importance and benefits of this game-changing technology.

How ENERGY STAR Day Benefits You Every Day

There are more and more opportunities for everyone to access energy efficiency and savings. We want to take a moment to thank you and share resources to help you save energy in your home too. To make these upgrades more affordable, there are income-eligible funding programs along with utility rebates (in certain areas) and tax credits that are available to everyone. Together with ENERGY STAR®, we invite you to explore all the ways you can save today,

Unboxing the Unboxing for the Heat Pump Water Heater

We held a live chat with our Rheem® team of experts so we could answer everyone’s questions about heat pump water heaters. We were glad to hear plumbers appreciated the top connects and duct-ready design. We helped connect homeowners with savings that they can take advantage of. The full replay is available now, but here are the top 3 takeaways.

Top Connects and Duct-Ready Design Are a Win

Installation now takes less time,

Top 5 Livestream Teardown & Training Takeaways

Plumbers joined us for a livestream teardown and training on our Rheem® ProTerra® Hybrid Electric Heat Pump Water Heater with new features. We set up our livestream at TE Certified in Kennesaw, Georgia and hosted their team in person and over 100 plumbers online. It was a session to get into the details and answer plumbers’ questions about heat pump water heaters. Tim House, Plumber Support Manager, shared everything.

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Rheem ProTerra Hybrid Electric Heat Pump Water Heater Brings New, Exciting Features

Get ready for an exciting update to the Rheem® ProTerra® Hybrid Electric Heat Pump Water Heater. As the most energy-efficient water heating solution on the market, ProTerra models save homeowners up to $576 per year on energy costs1. Additionally, they offer built-in Wi-Fi and EcoPort™ (CTA-2045 port) to easily connect to utility programs and save homeowners even more. ProTerra helps homeowners drive a more sustainable future by reducing energy use and carbon footprint,

What Is a Heat Pump Water Heater and How Does It Work?

A heat pump water heater is beyond impressive. To many people, how it works is somewhat of a mystery. Once you understand how it heats water, it will make sense that it is the ultimate in efficiency. It helps homeowners qualify for tax credits, earn utility company incentives and enjoy energy cost savings.

What It Is

We’ll start with the Rheem® ProTerra® Hybrid Electric Heat Pump Water Heater. It’s a heat pump and electric water heater in one.

Water Heating Plumbing Terminology 101

Plumbing may seem intimidating at first. After all, plumbers have trained to work with complex systems that keep your home running. Here at Rheem®, we leave plumbing to the professionals, but we encourage homeowners to be familiar with plumbing terminology. This guide makes understanding and communicating with your plumber easier.

We recommend looking at our water heating mini-glossary first to learn the basics of water heaters and water heating measurements.

A Guide to Plumbing Terms

Reviewing the different water heater components can help you communicate with your plumber and understand how a water heater works.

TECH Clean California Contractor Incentives

Heat pumps are key to decarbonizing buildings and achieving California’s zero-carbon goals. TECH Clean California is a state taxpayer-funded initiative designed to accelerate both heat pump water heater (HPWH) adoption and demand response program enrollment by offering contractors significant rebates on qualified heat pump water heater installations. The single-family incentives are available as of October 31, 2023. Low income and multifamily incentives will be available at a future date.

Enrolled contractors who replace a gas/electric water heater with a Rheem® HPWH can earn incentives per installation up to $5,800.*

In addition to TECH Clean incentives,

Kicking Off the Second Annual Heat Pump Water Heater Day

October 25, 2023 is the second annual Heat Pump Water Heater Day. Celebrate with us! The Advanced Water Heating Initiative (AWHI) is bringing together manufacturers, installers, advocates, homebuilders and heat pump water heater (HPWH) owners to spread awareness about this game-changer in the world of energy efficiency. We’ve planned an entire day dedicated to heat pump water heater education. We’ll discuss HPWHs and their potential to help impact the environment through a reduction in energy usage and carbon emissions.

Why You Should Care About Energy Efficiency Day

Join us in celebrating Energy Efficiency Day. This time of year, governments, organizations, manufacturers and utilities come together to promote energy savings and carbon emission reduction. To fully engage in this initiative, start by understanding what makes an appliance energy efficient. This knowledge will help you understand how energy efficiency benefits homes and businesses to make a positive impact on our environment!

Demystifying Uniform Energy Factor (UEF)

Let’s start by understanding water heater efficiency ratings.