The soaring cost of energy is one of the biggest concerns for Australian consumers, so it’s not surprising that home owners are searching for ways to save on their energy bills.

Water heating accounts for around 25% of the household energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the average Australian home; however solar hot water heating is an easy and affordable way to reduce your energy consumption and minimise the impact of rising energy costs.Solar hot water systems are highly efficient water heaters that use the sun’s unlimited and FREE energy to pre-heat your water. They can provide up to 90% of your hot water heating needs and will therefore slash your water heating costs and the consumption of greenhouse gas-producing fossil fuels. 

Old energy-hungry electric hot water heaters are very expensive to run and are a huge contributor to household energy consumption, but with solar hot water you could save over a $1000* per year! So, by switching to a solar water heater you can literally soak in the warmth of the sun whilst reducing your water heating bills, and live efficiently with Chromagen.

How Solar water heating works
The way solar hot water systems work is very simple: 

1. Roof mounted thermal collectors absorb the FREE heat energy from the sun
2. Cold water in the storage tank is circulated through the roof top collectors and the absorbed heat is transferred to the water
3. The solar-heated water is then stored in an insulated tank for future use & when you turn on a tap you get hot water that has been pre-heated by the sun
4. At times when the solar energy is not enough to meet your hot water demands, a supplementary gas or electric booster automatically activates to raise the water temperature at the tap. The hotter the solar heated water, the less gas or electricity you will use.