By, Adrian Willanger Eco-Redux
Martha Rose after exhausting hours of research has selected to go, with an industry leader, A.O. Smith’s newest hot water heater the “Vertex 100” for installation in her latest high-performance homes.
The Vertex is the result of a 3 year project between the United States Department of Energy and A.O. Smith to accelerate development of a higher efficiency hot water heating solution. The Vertex 100 operating at 96% thermal efficiency provides a higher output with more efficient combustion to produce hot water at a lower operating cost.
Understanding thermal efficiency, think of thermal efficiency percentage as a dollar spent operating your water heater. Standard water heaters operate at 78% or less thermal efficiency meaning that 22 cents of every dollar used to heat hot water is wasted. Compared to the 96% efficiency of a Vertex this can add up to a substantial difference in lost energy and money over the life of a water heater.
One of televisions’ first green genre stars Ed Bagley Jr. has selected the Vertex 100 for his own use as well as talk host Jay Leno for his green update of his car museum style garage. You may not be able to afford any of his cars but you can use the same “celebrity” hot water heating system.
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