The latest buzz word out in the market seems to be ‘going green’, but what does it really mean? Well going green entails adapting your own lifestyle to be more environmentally friendly. There are many ways to go green including reducing your carbon and water foot prints. You would be going green of you reduce the size of your carbon and/or water footprints.

Carbon and water footprints are however not the only way of going green. Reducing the amount of waste or by sorting your waste you would also be considered to be going green.

There is currently a global change in mind set to try and encourage people to start thinking of going green in their own lives. This is critical if we want to save the planet from the global warming disaster we face.

You will not only save the environment by going green. You will also save a lot of money on electricity and water by going green.

Installing a solar geyser is a great way of going green. Get Solar Water Heating can connect you with a solar geyser provider in your area today – just complete the contact us form and we will connect you!

So what is a solar geyser and how can I realize energy saving by installing one? This is a question most people ask when researching solar geyser systems. A solar geyser uses sunlight to produce hot water which can be used in your home. Solar geysers help with energy saving as they use ‘free’ energy received from the sun to heat the water instead of expensive electricity from the national grid.

Energy saving and solar geyser are currently buzz words in South Africa as the country is experiencing a massive electricity crisis where the demand for electricity is very close to the supply. The national energy utility along with government is promoting energy saving to try and reduce the demand on the national grid. One of the energy saving methods that they are promoting is to install a solar geyser in homes.

Use Get Solar Water Heating to connect you with an accredited solar geyser supplier in your area!

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Many people around the globe are looking into alternate sources of energy with the latest increase in the awareness around global warming and the calls to cut carbon emissions and carbon footprints. There are many ways to decrease your carbon emissions and a very effective way for the home to do so is to install a solar geyser.

A solar geyser uses energy received from the sun to heat water for use in your home. On average, a solar geyser uses 60% to 80% less electricity than a normal electric geyser which means you use less ‘dirty’ energy which reduces the size of your carbon footprint.

So how do I get a solar geyser? Well there are many solar geyser providers in South Africa but a few things to look out for are the cheap and inferior systems as they will more than likely not last the first hail storm or the a icy winters morning.

The interest in solar heating has really taken off in South Africa in a big way and sales seem to be picking up as the price of electricity in South Africa soars and the price of solar water heating systems drop. Solar heaters can reduce your home’s carbon emissions by as much as 1.6 tonnes per year helping your home be more environmentally friendly.

Eskom are offering rebates on accredited solar water heating systems which range from R2000 to R4500. These rebates are claimed back directly from Eskom prior to the completion of the installation. Suppliers accredited on the solar water heating programme need to meet strict criteria in terms of quality of product and installation.

We will help you locate a solar geyser provider in your area who is Eskom accredited which means that their systems have passed the required SABS test ensuring quality and performing solar geyser products.

So drop us a line today and start reducing that carbon footprint.

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The media is covered with stories on Going Green, saving the environment and sustainable living. But what does it mean to go green? Well going green is really a holistic approach to do things in a way that has the least impact on the environment and can be achieved in a multitude of ways.

One of the very effective ways of going green in your home is to install a solar geyser. A solar geyser will reduce the amount of ‘dirty’ energy from the national grid that you require to heat water for your home and so you will be considered to be going green.

Switching to green methods has many advantages:

• Help save the environment and reduce your impact on the environment
• Reduce the amount of money you spend by using renewable and free energy sources
• Improve the value of your home
• Assist in ensuring that our kids, their kids and their kids’ kids have a chance at surviving on mother earth

So what can you do to go green? Well, here are some tips:

• Install a solar geyser
• Turn lights off in your building when they are not being used
• Save water – shower rather than bath and use a flow regulated shower head
• Replace the old incandescent lights in your home with energy saving CFL or LED light bulbs
• Recycle as much waste as you can
• Form a lift clubs – be it to work or to school
• Plant trees

As you can see there is no one single thing you can do to go green. Its an adaptation of your lifestyle and fixing of bad habits. Now its virtually impossible to go green big bang approach so I always suggest to people that they adopt a green mindset and start thinking green. You will then automatically start converting your home into a green home bit by bit.

So do your bit and start going green today. Get solar water heating can help you go green today by connecting you to a solar geyser provider in your area.

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Electricity prices are soaring and set to soar even further in South Africa given the proposed Eskom increases of 45% per annum for the next three years.

Many people are now relooking their energy efficiency strategy after having just received the first bill with the latest increase on.

The average household with an electricity bill of R1,000 prior to the increase will now be paying R1,300 per month. The scary part comes in when we look at what the effect of the proposed 45% increases per annum over the next three years will be. A home that is now paying R1,300 per month will pay R1,885 next year, R2,733 the year after and R3,963 the year after that. That is almost four times the price they would have paid earlier in 2009 for the same amount of electricity! Scary!

So what can consumers do to help reduce the effect of the electricity price increases in their homes?

Well, there are many options ranging from water flow regulators to solar water heating. Saving on water heating costs in your home will help reduce your electricity bill the most as it is the largest consumer of energy in a typical household.

A solar geyser can help you reduce your electricity bill by as much as 40% and so the estimated savings in three years time – after the crazy price hikes – will be R1,600 per month. That is a payback of around 12 months at the future prices.

What is the payback of a solar geyser?

The payback on a solar water heating system is roughly 27 months when taking into account the proposed price increases. After that is is pure profits. It will be very difficult to find a bank willing to give you 72% interest on your investment, but solar water heating can! It really does help to save power!

There are many ways to live a greener life and the list is truly endless. One of the largest consumers of energy and CO2 generators is the heating of water in your geyser. A huge amount of electricity is required to heat the water in your geyser and this electricity is generated using dirty fuels such as coal. The burning of coal in the power stations produces a huge amount of green house gases including large amounts of CO2 which is certainly not a very green way of doing things.

So a great way to go green is to source the energy required to heat the water in your geyser from a “green” source such as the Sun. South Africa receives a huge amount of energy from the sun which is not utilised for anything useful and so this energy can be used to heat the water in your geyser. Solar Geysers are typically used in this scenario as it uses the energy received from the Sun to directly heat the water in your geyser. This is a great way of going green as a large portion of your household’s carbon emissions are cut.

By Going Green, one can save a lot of money every month as well as a lot of green house emissions!

Solar water heating has become a major buzz word globally and South Africa is no exception. The benefits to both the consumer and power producer are endless as I’m sure most of you are aware of.  Even though solar water heating reduces the amount of electricity sold by the power producers which directly impact profits, the cost of expansion in other renewable technologies can just not be compared.

Solar water heating has been around for ages with a small boom in the 80’s but the latest boom has been fueled by a lack of supply on the national grid and so the authoroties have had to introduce demand side management porgrammes to help reduce the demand on the national grid. Demand in the household space is reduced substantially by installing a solar geyser in the home.

Even though installing a solar geyser in homes can help reduce the demand for electricity on the grid, it also helps with education and creating a green awareness which is great. This awareness to help reduce electricity demand along with carbon emissions and going green can only benefit the sustainability of South Africa in the long run!

So go ahead and order your solar geyser from a supplier accredited on the Eskom solar water heating programme today!

Water heating is typically the largest consumer of electricity in households and does therefore provide a perfect area for saving. Water in your geyser is typically heated by a electrical element which turns on and off based on the temperature of the water inside the geyser, thus the efficiency of this element and thermostat is of absolute importance as a faulty element can lead to decreased efficiency and increased electricity usage.  A faulty thermostat can also cause your geyser to heat the water too much resulting in a waste in electricity as well as water released by your safety valve.

So there are many ways to save money and still provide adequate hot water. Huge cash savings can be realised by ensuring that your geyser operates efficiently as well as making use of alternate energy sources to heat the water. A great source of alternate energy for water heating purposes is Solar Water Heating as it allows you to efficiently convert the energy contained in the Sun’s rays into heat which is in turn used to heat the water in your geyser.

Many different solar geyser solutions are available on the South African market today. I highly recommend sticking to SABS tested or approved solutions which are approved on the Eskom solar geyser programme. This will help ensure that you install a quality solution that is going to last as well as save you money in the medium to long term.

So complete the form to the left to be connected to a Solar Geyser provider in your area who provides SABS tested solutions and who has been accredited on the Eskom solar geyser programme.

Solar water heating is the latest buzz word in South Africa owing to our shrinking reserve electricity supply as well as the global trend toward going green and environmental responsibility. Solar water heaters essentially use the energy received from the Sun in the form of light rays to heat the water inside your geyser. This process is called solar water heating. No electricity is produced to heat the water in this process, the heat is transfered directly from the Sun’s rays to the water. This method is a lot more efficient than conventional PV solar systems.

Solar geysers provide a great solution to reducing your home’s energy needs as water heating is generally the largest consumer of electricity in any household. Solar geysers as a result also help in reducing your homes’ carbon footprint as your home’s dependence on dirty electricity is reduced meaning less CO2 has to be burnt to produce electricity.