Recalls involve Rheem Performance Platinum brand of electric water heaters (40-, 50- and 80-gal.) and Water Heating Technologies Corp.'s American Standard brand of gas water heaters (30-, 40- and 50-gal.).
American Standard Water Heaters announces its high-efficiency series of commercial and residential water heaters are Energy Star-certified. Launched in 1992, the Energy Star program is a voluntary labeling program jointly administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy that identifies energy-efficient products.