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<div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Gordon: Your "Aussie colleague Nick Pyner" never considers <em style="font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:small">Diversity factor</em><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:10pt">: The probability that a particular piece of equipment will come on at the same time. </span><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:10pt"> Taking this into account makes efficient tankless water heaters a better choice for both gas & electric distribution systems. This is the reason electric utilities have spent millions lobbying DOE to make sure no Energy Star labels are given for tankless-electric water heaters --- which can be used to heat a house cheaper & cleaner than oil using systems like that illustrated in Fig. 2 of RMI's Home Energy Brief #5</span> Water Heating @ <a href="http://scvss.com/Documents/E04-15_HEB5_Water%20Heating.pdf" target="_blank">http://scvss.com/Documents/E04-15_HEB5_Water%20Heating.pdf</a>. See also Home Energy Brief #4 Space Heating @ <a href="http://scvss.com/Documents/E04-14_HEB4_Space%20Heating.pdf" target="_blank">http://scvss.com/Documents/E04-14_HEB4_Space%20Heating.pdf</a><div>Carmine</div><div><br></div></div> </div></div> </div></div> </div></div> </div></div> </div></body>
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