e-vanhee: Solar

To meet the demand of Energy Smart homeowners looking to cut costs for
domestic hot water heating. We install a range of evacuated tube solar
collectors that have low thermal mass providing rapid warm up and higher
year round efficiency.

Even in the Western NY region Solar hot water
systems make good sense for pool heating. Their
efficiency in collecting energy in the spring and fall
months will extend the usage season of your pool,
with little operational expense.

Solar hot water makes especially good sense for
businesses because it's properties match the
buildings usage cycle. Where the highest demand
is during the day, when the collectors output is also
at its highest. Businesses can save 40-80% on
their electric or fuel bills by installing a Solar hot
water heating system.

These Solar hot water systems can be used to
supplement space heating in certain circumstances.
We also integrate Solar hot water heaters with
Geothermal hot water systems, to take optimum
advantage of their different characteristics.

We can advise you on the suitability and pay back
for any application Contact e-vanhee tday.

Domestic hot water heating is the next largest
energy expense after space heating and cooling.

In this region of the US an optimally sized Solar
hot-water heating system can easily provide from
65% to 70% of a typical household's needs in the
winter and up to 100% during the summer.

Current tax and financial incentives for Solar
usage, make these systems an even more
attractive investment. A federal tax credit can
cover up to 25% of your cost and the NY state tax
credit can cover another 25%.

Nominal sizing involves an array of 8 evacuated tube collectors, sufficient
for a family of 2, or a 16 tube array for a family of 4, sized to produce
100% of domestic hot water needs in the summer.

This picture shows a ground level
installation of the collectors. Roof
mounting is a common request
also, but the performance of this
kind of system is less dependant
on incident angle than other solar
technologies. Therefore the
collector can be more easily sited
and to fit the customers needs.

Even under the snowy conditions
when the picture was taken, the
collector had warmed the storage
tank to above 95 degrees during
the day. In summer a nominal
hot water tank temperature of
120-130 degrees is easily
maintained.

Inside the home the system is
very simple and easily integrated
with your existing system.
Consisting of a thermostat and a
circulation pump to transfer heat
from the collector to the storage
tank when required.

In most cases we advise
customers to have some form of
additional heating source such as
a tank-less water heater, to cover
the situations when the system
cannot match the demand.