Solar Water Heaters

When you commit to a secure alternative energy source to protect you and your family, you send an unspoken message that asserts your belief in self-reliance, and freedom from energy companies rate hikes & mishaps.
Today’s modern culture has developed an infrastructure that brings us incredible convenience, it has also created a complex and intertwined [...]

I heard about this over a year ago, and just saw a little something about it again.
I thought it was interesting enough to share it here.
HONOLULU – All new homes in Hawaii will be required to have solar water heaters installed starting in 2010 under a law approved by the Legislature.
Hawaii becomes the first [...]

Compare Solar to Conventional Water Heater

SOLAR WATER HEATER:
FREE energy from the Sun

STANDARD WATER HEATER:
COSTLY gas or electric

Annual operating cost: $50
Annual operating cost: $500-900

Storage Capacity: 80-120 gal
Storage Capacity: 40-50 gal

Life expectancy: 15-30 years
Life expectancy: 8-12 years

Lifetime operating cost: $1,000
Lifetime operating cost: $12,000+

Does NOT pollute environment
Depletes fossil fuels

Increases equity in your home
No added value to [...]

Your Water Heater May Use More Energy
Than Anything Else in Your Home!
With a 30% Federal Tax Credit, many state incentives, huge increases in energy costs, 4 to 5 times the power density of Solar Electric PV and the great need to stop pollution and global warming, there has never been a better time to [...]

Solar water heaters do three basic operations before the hot water comes out of your faucet:

1. Energy Collection: Sunlight, short wave energy, is collected and converted to heat which is long wave energy. The solar collector is mounted on or near your home facing south. As the sunlight passes through the collector’s plastic or [...]