Last night, I hosted a free information session to tell people about the research Ecopartner’s Tim Rudkins and I have done on hot water heating solutions for our building. As it turns out, although people don’t seem to care about proper recycling, they do care about how much their morning shower is costing them. And how much space those gigantic 60-gallon tanks are taking up in their eeny-weeny condos, heating water all day, every day, whether you use it or not.
Even more heartening was that although tankless water heaters don’t seem to be a viable option for our building (for an overview of tankless heaters, see the Home Depot website), people were just as eager to purchase the much less romantic energy-efficient tank heaters anyway.
Interestingly, our consultant Tim Rudkins, discovered that many manufacturers won’t even stake a claim on tankless being that much more efficient than an efficient tank heater over time. But regardless of which way people choose to go, they will save energy, reduce their bills and get rid of that infernal monthly Direct Energy heater rental charge.
More updates to come!