GE GeoSpring Water Heater
23rd August 2010 at Louiville,Ky.,Gov. Steve Beshar along with Cong. John Yarmuth, Mayor Jerry Abramson, Fin.and Admin. Sec. Jonathan Miller and GE Mrktng. Manager Keith Burkhardt visited the home of Louisville resident Mary Beth Hewett to see the energy-efficient hot water heater and other improvements that the Kentucky Weatherization Assistance Program have installed and made to her home.
A recently awarded contract between Community Action Kentucky(CAK) and GE Appliance Louisville are the recent developments within the program that GE Mrktng. Manager Keith Burkhardt announced including access to more fedral funding.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for weatherization, awarded Kentucky in 2009 with approximately $70 million through the Weatherization Assistance Program for helping their qualified applicants decrease their home’s operating costs. They sometimes use the Zip water heaters to achieve this.
Participants of the Weatherization Assistance Program have been provided by GE with their GeoSpring(TM)hybrid water heaters as CAK recently awarded a two-year contract to GE. For the Weatherization Assistance Program statewide CAK will purchase the water heaters through may 2012 for distribution to community action using ARRA funds.
Because GE Appliance and Lighting in Lousville are the makers of the GeoSpring(TM)hybrid water heaters Kentuckians will retain their jobs and others will have because of the said contract.
Elderly and the disabled whose household income is at or below 200% of the poverty line and home improvements for familiesare being helped by the Weatherization Assistance Program through reducing energy costs.
Kentucky Housing Corporation(KHC) manages the weatherization program in Kentucky and is funded by the Finance and Administrative Cabinet. CAK and Kentucky’s 23 Community Action Agencies are granted these funds to provide direct weatherization services across the state.
An Energy Star(R)-ratd appliance the GE(R) Geo Spring(TM) hybrid water heater supplies the most energy-efficient, 50 gallon water heater available by using and combining the advance heat pump technology with traditional elecric elements. Significant energy savings compared to standard electric water heater the GE Geo Spring(TM) hybrid water heater offers easy replacement of a standard electric water heater and is ideal for energy-efficiency and low-income weatherization programs.