Why Solar Water Heating
Caring for the Environment
It is slowly becoming fact that our continued emissions of carbon are leading to global warming. The most direct effects are changes in weather patterns. By generating a portion of our heat from the sun, we are able to directly reduce our fuel consumption of oil and gas and help to reduce our carbon footprint. Installing a solar water heating system can be every bit as valuable as choosing a fuel-efficient car or choosing to walk rather than driving.
Financial benefits By 2016 the government will stop putting gas supplies into new homes aiming for the commercial building sector to put more energy efficient means of providing your energy demands. By 2021 the UK Gas reserve is estimated to have run out completely. This would mean that the only way of getting fossil fuels into our home is by shipping it in from the continent. With the price of fuel continually rising, the time taken to pay back your initial investment in a solar heating system will continue to reduce. Regardless of whether you wish to stay in your house, or sell your house this investment is an effective way of passing on financial benefits in the form of lower and untaxed heating costs for the years ahead. With regard to selling your house you can look at the fact that though it might not add value today, it will make your house more attractive to a purchaser and more likely to realise the price you are asking. As the price of energy goes up, anything that makes a house less expensive to run will be a key selling point!
FREE Hot Water!
The whole idea of solar Hot water heating is for the Free Hot water. The way this works is the sunlight the solar collector uses, heats the water during the day, this in turn removes the need for the boiler to come on in the evening to top up your hot water cylinder for as long, thereby using less gas to heat the cylinder and directly reducing your gas bill. We offer different types of collector for a range of aestheticism and efficiency reasons. We would advise, after a consultation visit, where the collector would need to be sited, and what would be the most effective hot water generator for your requirements. Finally, we would decide with you, depending on how prominent the collector will be, which would be the best package for your needs.