Markets Residential Prototype Development of a Combined Refrigerator and Electric Water Heater

Prototype Development of a Combined Refrigerator and Electric Water Heater

Report Fields

Project Number	2.1
Start Year	2003
Markets Segments	Residential
Project Type	Hardware
Type of Technology	Hot Water, Commercial
Organization	California Energy Commission - PIER program
Project Status	In Progress • Development

Develop a cost-effective Combined Refrigerator and Electric Water Heater (CREWH) appliance to help reduce California residential energy consumption partially heating domestic water with refrigerator discharge heat. In concert with manufacturing partner Maytag, one prototype CREWH unit has been built and tested; a more-refined second prototype will also be fabricated.
PM: Philip Spartz