General Electric just announced that it will be producing highly energy efficient hybrid water heaters in Louisville, Kentucky. The hybrid water heaters are the first water heaters to meet the Department of Energy’s stricter 2009 Energy Star standards. The water heaters use about 1/2 the energy of conventional water heaters. Manufacturing them in Kentucky will also create about 400  new jobs.

In a post on the Sustainability Ninja, James Campbell, GE’s Consumer and Industrial President … Read the rest