Solar for Hot Water Offers the Biggest Payback
This excerpt is from the article Selling Solar from the Spring 2009 issue of Solar Heating Report.
“Using solar for hot water offers the biggest payback for residential and commercial customers,” Glover told us. “I think it’s the ‘greenest’ contribution most everyone can do to change energy use.”
Glover says that around a third of every home’s fuel bill goes to heating water. Solar thermal can provide 80 percent of the load. “Most residential solar hot water systems will pay for themselves in five to six years,” Glover adds. He figures that the system can expect to perform for 30 years.David Glover
Glover Plumbing Heating Service
Barrington, N.H.
Innerline Plumbing is a participating Service Provider in Oncor’s Take A Load Off, Texas Solar Water Heating Program. Through this program, we are able to install residential solar water heating systems at a reduced cost to our customers.