Brisbane Solar Hot Water Placement

Beautiful Brisbane has sunshine as one of its major assets.  While it’s obvious that sunshine brings the tourists flocking to the nearby Sunshine Coast to soak up the sunshine and bring money into the region, sunshine is also a resource that all Brisbane residents can use to save money and to make their homes and lifestyles more sustainable.

Many Brisbane residents probably feel that there’s too much sunshine. However, those strong rays that make concrete paths almost too hot to walk on comfortably can be used to provide hot water for your home, with potential savings of around 25% from your home energy bill.

How Solar Water Heating Works

The principle of solar hot water is rather simple, involving heat absorption, insulation and convection to fill the hot water tank with plenty of hot water.  Getting solar hot water involves the placement of a series of pipes that are designed to absorb the heat energy from the sun’s ray and to trap this heat in.  Convection makes sure that water keeps moving through the pipes so all the water in your system is heated.

Solar Water Heater Placement in Brisbane Homes

Placement of the solar water heating systems is important.  While you’d think that Brisbane gets enough sunshine wherever you are, it is important that your solar water heating system has the correct orientation and is close enough to your hot water tank.  The roof is an excellent place to install them, with a north-facing roof above your hot water tank being ideal.  Placement of your solar water heater should also take the latitude into account so it can be installed at the correct angle: in Brisbane, which is just outside of the tropical zones, this means a not-too steep angle.

Brisbane’s Solar Energy Rebates

Currently in Brisbane, the Brisbane City Council is offering $400 rebates to Brisbane residents installing solar hot water systems to the first 1500 applicants.  To be eligible for this grant, you’ll have to act quickly. However, even if you don’t manage to get your application in on time, the Brisbane City Council website has a range of useful resources related to the process of installing and getting approval for solar hot water systems. Correct placement is important for solar hot water systems – or any solar energy installation, and doing it correctly is necessary to get the rebate.

Council & Government Approved Solar Hot Water Installation

Council-approved companies for solar water placement and installation in Brisbane include:

• SolarPay,
• Crown Power
• Rheem
• SolarLord
• Sustainable Man
• The Solar Guys
• Rapid Hot Plumbing