Based on the lifetime of these appliances — 25 years for heating systems and 15 years for water heaters — about 200,000 furnaces and 300,000 water heaters will be replaced annually in the ...

The South Coast Air Quality Management District Governing Board will consider two rules that would require gas water heaters and gas furnaces to be phased out, with manufacturers either selling at ...

Manufacturers of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters will not be urged — yet — to sell more electric appliances over the coming years, with proposed new guidance from the region’s air quality ...