August 2026 - The Split System Water Heater That Changes the Game
WYSL/ Wise Home Energy Show
Jeff Flaherty brings in Carl Uthe, vice president of Ecological, to talk through the company's Omni split system heat pump water heater, a product Wise Home Energy just completed its first install on. Carl explains why the traditional integrated heat pump water heater creates problems in smaller spaces, why running refrigerant through the wall is safer than running water, and how the Omni achieves a uniform energy factor of 4.23 when Energy Star only requires 2.2. Jeff covers where it fits best: mobile homes, slab homes where the mechanical is off the kitchen, and multifamily projects where noise and space are both constraints. He also opens with a client who wanted to replace all the windows in his third floor home office based on a rebate program, and why chasing rebates before diagnosing the home is a reliable way to end up with a bad design you have to undo. Plus 15 recessed lights leaking into a floored attic, the labor shortage hitting HVAC install pricing, and why Wise Home Energy is now working on its first multifamily project on Lake Avenue.
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