Velocity Boiler Works PHXW500
Velocity Boiler Works PHXW500 appears in the U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR "Certified Commercial Water Heaters" dataset, which lists products whose manufacturers have certified them to the program's specification (record 3423401, certified 2024-04-17). EPA publishes these rated values for the listing: Type Gas Tankless; Fuel Gas,Propane; Storage volume (gal) 5; Vent size (in) 4; Input rate (thousand Btu/h) 500; Thermal efficiency TE 0.98. The listing records ENERGY STAR certification and the rated values the manufacturer reported to EPA. It is not a determination that any building, installation or design complies with a code.
Specifications
| Fuel | Gas,Propane |
| Type | Gas Tankless |
| Vent size (in) | 4 |
| Storage volume (gal) | 5 |
| Thermal efficiency TE | 0.98 |
| Input rate (thousand Btu/h) | 500 |
Certifications & Standards
Sustainability
Code sections
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- IECC 2021 C404.2Service water-heating equipment performance efficiency
IECC 2021 C404.2 governs the efficiency of commercial water-heating equipment (Table C404.2). This is the section for this product type, not a check of this model against it.
What this link does and does not claim
Asserted: this is an ENERGY STAR certified commercial water heater, and C404.2 is the energy code section that addresses the efficiency of commercial water-heating equipment (Table C404.2). Not asserted: that this model meets any table value in C404.2, or that any building using it complies.