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	E3A Series: Solar Hot Water Applications for the Home, Farm, or Ranch
	Publication #: B-1279 Date Published: 01/12/2016 Publication Author(s): Susan Bilo Sarah Hamlen Mike Vogel Milton Geiger

Description:
In the United States, water is typically heated using natural gas, electricity (generated from coal, natural gas, or hydro-power), or propane. Water heating can account for up to 20 percent of a home’s total utility bill. Agricultural buildings and processes can use large amounts of heated water. For some dairy farms, water heating can account for 25 percent of the total energy used.

An alternative is to use the sun’s energy as the fuel. Solar hot water systems are designed to capture the sun’s energy to heat water. Solar hot water systems are also called solar thermal (heat) water systems and solar domestic (for homes) hot water systems.

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