The DOE recently announced that residential water heaters are now available as ENERGY STAR certified products for the following 5 types of water heater:

1) high-efficiency gas storage water heaters

2) gas condensing water heaters

3) whole-home gas tankless water heaters

4) heat pump water heaters

5) solar water heaters.

With water heating contributing around 15% of the nations residential energy consumption, the cost savings and environmental benefits of this could be enormous!!!

If you are buying a new hot water system for your home, looking for the ENERGY STAR label will help you to achieve water heating savings from between 7.5% - 55% ..!

Check out the EPA ENERGY STAR website for more information.