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Heating, Cooling & Refrigeration · Recorded milestone

CO2 heat-pump water heater

Recorded year2001

Japan's EcoCute heaters, first from Denso and Tepco, use carbon dioxide as refrigerant to heat household water efficiently.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.