The Low Down On Green Living
June 2nd, 2008
Hurray for Hawaii: Requiring Solar Water Heaters
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We’d like to tip our hat to Hawaii: they have recently passed a law that requires all new homes to have solar hot water heaters starting in 2010. Hawaii is the first state requiring these highly energy-efficient devices.
Solar water heaters typically cost about several thousand dollars, which can be rolled into the home’s mortgage. You can also qualify for both state and federal tax credits, further reducing the price tag. They are 2-3x as efficient as solar photovoltaic panels, so if you’re thinking of going solar this is the place to start!
The solar heaters provide clean, renewable energy and will save their owners thousands of dollars over the years on their electricity bills. They can reduce electricity or natural gas costs between 20-40 percent, and often pay for themselves in 5-7 years.
We hope more states will join Hawaii in promoting this economical form of renewable energy!
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Comments
Abilio Furtado
July 30th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I love that idea! Do you think I can get that system to be translucent? So that I can use it as a skylight or something?
HawaiiLiving
July 31st, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I live in the desert, and I wish the state of Arizona would do the same here.
If Hawaii homes are required to have solar water heaters, then we should too.
It’s a brilliant idea.
m
January 12th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
The city of San Diego is lunching this year a solar plan to incentive homeowners to buy solar water heater systems. In few words the city will pay for the systems and people will pay them back over the years through their property taxes. I think there is no better solution to incentive people to go solar. People are still scared of the initial cost of the system even though a lot of people is aware of the huge potential in terms of savings and reductions of pollution that this systems have. I already have a solar water heater installed in my house. Got it from eco and eco san diego solar, nice people to deal with. I had it for a couple of years and I’ve already saved a good amount of money. Moreover I feel good helping the environment out!
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