Solar Thermal Hot Water Systems

Solar Water Heating with Evacuated Tubes

• Use the sun’s energy to heat water for your home.
• The average individual uses roughly 20-30 gallons of water each day.
• A family of 4 would use 2,400 to 3,600 gallons each month, which could be free of charge from the sun’s energy.
• With installing a solar water heating system in your home, the only thing that changes is the decrease in your monthly electric bill.

Home Owner Advantages of Solar Water Heating

• Homeowners takes advantage of free hot water for their homes.
• Solar hot water heat is a form of clean renewable energy.
• Solar evacuated tubes create a high performance for homeowners or commercial customers.
• Evacuated tube collectors are implemented for colder climates or for areas that have overcast weather conditions.

Solar Water Heating Benefits

• Solar water heating reduces energy consumption by 40%-50%.
• Homeowner’s consumption of heating hot water is 20%-25% of daily activities such as laundry, cooking, cleaning, and showering.
• Solar water heating installation qualifies homeowners for a federal 30% tax credit.
• Tax credits implemented by solar creates a cash refund that builds a faster rate of return for the solar hot water heating system.

How a Solar Water Heating System Works

• Solar water heating systems are built simple, maintenance free, and they help reduce monthly energy costs.
• Homeowners use evacuated tubes for their solar hot water heating systems.
• Cold water flows to the bottom of the solar storage tank.
• A mixture of water and glycol is pumped throughout the solar collectors.
• The mixture in the evacuated tubes is heated by the sun’s energy.
• The fluid heats up and is moved through the solar tube collectors before being pumped down through the heat exchangers to the solar tanks, which in turn heats the water.