Hot Water Systems Melbourne

Solar hot water heating is a simple and effective way of reducing your hot water energy needs as it heats water directly from the sun at no coast to you. It can also be combined with your current hot water service to create a more efficient system overall without compromising your hot water.

 

Using solar energy to heat your water requires no energy from the grid and therefore produces zero greenhouse gas emissions. Depending on you climate it might save you 50-90 percent of your total hot water energy needs.

The installation costs of solar hot water service tend to be higher than gas or electricity, however over time you will recover these costs in energy savings. There are a number of rebates that maybe applicable to your local area and the government changes regulations regularly, find out more at their website.

Many solar hot water systems use an array of solar panels that absorb energy from the sun. Using this energy the water is heated as it passes through these panels. From there it can flow to storage tank for later use.

You may wish to have a passive system which flows unassisted from the panel to the tank, or and active system that circulates water through the panels regularly.