Robin Roy

For those of us working toward smarter, cleaner, cheaper water heating for households, there’s a lot happening in Washington, D.C. With about 15% of U.S. household energy use going to heat the water we use to wash dishes and take showers, even small improvements make a big difference. First, new energy efficiency standards for water Read more

The Department of Energy (DOE) has just proposed a long-delayed energy efficiency standard for the natural gas furnaces heating millions of U.S. homes. This is good news for our heating bills and the environment, but it could be even better. The DOE proposal would set a national minimum efficiency level of 92% for gas furnaces Read more