Sydney Solar Hot Water Installation & Rebates

How would you like to save up to 25% on your home energy bill and maybe even get a grant from the government to help with the cost of getting the system to do it installed?  Well, read on.

Heating your water is one of the biggest items in your home energy bill, whether you use gas or electricity to do it.  And both electricity and gas leave carbon footprints, are unsustainable (gas, for example, is a non-renewable resource derived from fossil fuels). Solar power – both solar water heating and solar electricity – on the other hand, is inexhaustible and leaves no carbon footprint.  And once you’ve got your solar water heating system installed, it’s free!

Why Solar Water Heaters?

The sun produces more than enough energy to warm the planet and meet the world’s energy needs – and still have enough left over to radiate back into space.  Solar hot water heating is just one of the ways to harness the energy of the sun.  A roof-installed solar hot water heater uses some simple principles we learned in high school science class to get plenty of hot water – even at Sydney’s latitude or even further south.  The water to be heated is piped through a contraption designed to absorb the heat of the sun and to trap it in the water – black materials are used to absorb the heat and glass is used to insulate the pipes with the water.  Convection then ensures that all the water keeps flowing into the solar water heating system and is heated properly.  Many solar water heating systems have gas boosters – after all, we all know that Sydney can get quite cold during the winter.

Cheap Sydney Solar Water Heater Installation

If you live in Sydney and plan on replacing an old gas or electricity powered water heater with a solar water heating system, you may be eligible for not just one but two rebates that will help cover the costs of installation.  The first is the Australian Government Rebate, which will give a rebate of up to $1000 as part of the national effort to reduce carbon emissions and be more sustainable.  The second is the New South Wales Government Hot Water Rebate, which can give a rebate of up to $1200.

Sydney Solar Hot Water Installation Experts

Many plumbers and hot water specialists in the Sydney area are able to install solar water heating systems to homes both new and old – and businesses, too.  The following lists just a few of them:

• Dux
• Rheem
• Solar Lord
• Apricus
• Ecosmart
• Rinnai
• Sachs
• Aquamax