"Efficient hot water heaters"

Efficient hot water heaters / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

Off-grid living blog post 5: appliances, mechanical and other systems

...water in the tank. Because this setup uses a relatively powerful boiler when heating the water, it is actually able to provide continuous hot water for such things as bathing. The water heater is set up to take precedence over space heating, so there is always a good supply of hot water. Phone and internet system Whi...

Plumbing and water heaters

Compost pile hot tub water heater

...water through a giant compost pile, it was brought from 7 °C to a blistering 62 °C. Not much more needs to be said that the video doesn't say. We love seeing stuff like this, if you come up with your own brilliant backyard inventions or hear of one, by all means tip us off.

Plumbing and water heaters

Are tankless water heaters good?

...heaters may also be known as 'inline water heaters', 'continuous flow heaters', 'instantaneous waters' or 'flash heaters'. The drawback with traditional domestic hot water systems: Traditional domestic hot water systems use gas or electricity to heat water that is stored in a central water tank, ready for distribution...