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Gas hot water heaters...
Whether high-tech or down home, whether commercial or residential, solar hot water heating makes sense.
It conserves gas and saves energy. It cleans the air, especially in the months when smog is heaviest. Here are some photos of some of the solar hot water heating systems that we have done over the past 20 years. The gas bills and energy graphs demonstrate the tangible energy savings, we call it "Our Gallery of Savings". The projects may vary in size and type, but the goal remains constant -- SAVE ENERGY.
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The ESDI job in Northridge, CA
appeared on Raypak's first
commercial solar brochure.
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This 600 panel job in Culver City
was the focus of an article in the
L.A. Times in 1983. Click here
to see the article.

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2001 Energy Savings
Ralph Levin Gas Bills
19 Units 40 Resident Apt.
Van Nuys, CA
Gallery of Savings

To provide a little historic perspective on the use of solar in Southern California over the last 3 decades, you might want to check out "Introduction to Solar/Gas". It was issued by the Southern California Gas Company in 1981. Although dated, it provides a nicely balanced overview of the potential energy savings achievable by the thoughtful wedding of solar and gas technologies.

If you are interested in how solar hot water systems work and might fit into your building or remodeling plans,
click here for a simple schematic identifying the difference between passive and active solar hot water heaters, plus a short primer on solar water heating in general, lifted from a Raypak Informative Brochure.

Finally, if your interested in the big picture, how solar fits into a statewide solution for California's current air quality problems and natural gas shortage the essay, "CAL SEIA Talking Paper on Solar Hot Water Heating" by Josh Plaisted of Sun Earth is a must read for anyone interested in statewide environmental policy and how solar hot water can ease the state's current gas crisis.

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