Solar Hot Water

 


Water pours over Niagara Falls at 5 billion gallons per hour. If gasoline poured over Niagara instead of water, for more than 200 million years, and all of that gasoline was burned, it would produce the same amount of energy the sun produces every hour!

The sun can provide most (and in many cases all) of your family’s hot water needs.  It’s easy to  calculate how much you are currently spending to heat your water, and how much that can be saved by “going solar.”

How Many Miles Per Gallon Does Your Water Heater Get?

 
Did you know that your electric water heater can use as much energy as an automobile? A car that gets 22 miles per gallon and travels 12,000 in a year consumes approximately 11.4 barrels of oil. A family of four would use the same amount of energy in a year, just heating water. In other words, solar water heaters can provide the same environmental and energy savings benefits as taking an average car off the road.

Solar hot water is an easy, relatively inexpensive way for homeowners and businesses to reduce their utility bills and carbon footprint.  Heating water for residential and commercial uses (think hotels, breweries, nurseries and car washes) requires a great deal of power, which normally comes in the form of grid-based electricity or natural gas.  With a solar hot water system, radiant energy from the sun warms the water instead so that your hot water is basically free.

How does it work?

 
The solar domestic hot water system is designed to efficiently take full advantage of the sun’s radiant energy to heat your hot water. The system is comprised of solar collectors and an automatic control unit that work together to create a reliable and carefree hot water heating system. Each system is individually customized to meet your unique needs.