I've never understood the whole huge-tank-of-hot-water-sitting-in-the-
basement thing. When I was in the UK years ago on business I had my first experience using something called Hot Water on Demand (we sometimes
call it instantaneous hot water). This is a tankless system which heats water as we require it buy coiling cold water, through tubes, around a heat source. The water comes out of your tap at the desired temperature, for as long as you require. Our friend Rita, who lives not far from Inverness in northern Scotland, has this type of system as well. In fact I think most of Europe functions quite nicely without having big tanks of water on "warming standby". The most inexpensive option for us right now would be for a gas system (we currently have a gas hot water tank). In fact, no matter how much we reduced our consumption, an electrical tankless system would cost us considerably more to operate. My compromise will have to be a gas system now, which we could later convert to electric and tie into our then operating solar power system. In keeping with our Energy Retrofit Master Plan we would ensure we qualified for the retrofit grants which could entitle us to $400.00.
basement thing. When I was in the UK years ago on business I had my first experience using something called Hot Water on Demand (we sometimes
call it instantaneous hot water). This is a tankless system which heats water as we require it buy coiling cold water, through tubes, around a heat source. The water comes out of your tap at the desired temperature, for as long as you require. Our friend Rita, who lives not far from Inverness in northern Scotland, has this type of system as well. In fact I think most of Europe functions quite nicely without having big tanks of water on "warming standby". The most inexpensive option for us right now would be for a gas system (we currently have a gas hot water tank). In fact, no matter how much we reduced our consumption, an electrical tankless system would cost us considerably more to operate. My compromise will have to be a gas system now, which we could later convert to electric and tie into our then operating solar power system. In keeping with our Energy Retrofit Master Plan we would ensure we qualified for the retrofit grants which could entitle us to $400.00.
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