If you like the idea of sun-powered electricity, you'll warm right up to the idea of residential solar water heaters. Here's ...

For a homeowner spending $600 on utility bills each year, a solar water heater that covers 50% of hot water demand would save $300. So if you purchased this system for $4,000, your payback period ...

Solar water heaters can be expensive, ... Integral collector-storage systems heat water through a transparent cover on a storage tank from which water is drawn when a hot water tap is opened.

Solar water heaters aren’t as complicated to set up as you might think. Here’s how to know if a solar hot water system is right for you.

Like many solar hot water systems, Sunward’s system is designed to supplement your existing water heater, so the heat exchanger and the 80-gallon hot water tank that comes with the kit need to ...

A research group from Ireland developed a PVT system consisting of a 170 W photovoltaic panel connected to a water tank placed at the backside of the PV module itself. The PVT module is able to ...

Before deciding on a water heater for your home, you'll want to know the difference between the traditional storage tank water heaters and the newer tankless water heaters.

The solar collector heats my ten gallon hot water tank to 120 degrees Fahrenheit in about three hours on a summer day, even if partly cloudy — the stove pipe coil heats the tank above 130 ...

We live in interesting times. Never before have we witnessed so much change in so little time. Whether we resist or embrace change, it is still inevitable, but if we actively embrace the changes ...