Stratco offers two, environmentally sound and technologically advanced ways to provide your home with all the hot water your family needs. A solar water heater uses the radiant heat from the sun to heat water which passes through collectors located on the roof of a house. Heat pumps use the reverse of a refrigeration process, transferring heat from the air to a hot water tank.
Solar water heaters have boosting systems for days when solar input is lower than usual due to cloud cover, with systems designed for boosting by natural gas or an electric element. Even in cooler southern parts of Australia, solar energy is able to supply up to 80 per cent of annual hot water energy needs. Though solar input is maximised when collectors are installed facing north, there is some flexibility in orientation, so almost all houses should have a suitable roof area for collectors.
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