Full Title: Bringing Heat Pump Water Heaters into the Mainstream: Background, Activities and Outcomes of the West Coast AWHI
Author(s): Advanced Water Heating Initiative (AWHI)
Publisher(s): New Buildings Institute
Publication Date: February 20, 2021
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Description (excerpt):
The Advanced Water Heating Initiative (AWHI) Playbook and 2020 Progress Report summarizes the activities of AWHI through the end of 2020. The West Coast AWHI has made tremendous progress in the two years it has been underway. The Initiative includes four dedicated working groups, each of whom is identifying and addressing policy, market, and technical barriers for different heat pump water heater (HPWH) applications. The working groups are coordinating research efforts, developing technology road maps, engaging manufacturers, educating and advocating to policy makers and program administrators.
In this report we’ve documented progress organized by the three strategic focus areas, followed by AWHI’s 2021 priorities and plans for national expansion. The full progress report provides details by working group around advancing specific technologies and methods. It also, importantly, serves as a playbook and motivator for policy, programs, and market actors across the U.S. to work simultaneously and collaboratively toward these same goals.