Do Solar Heating Systems Really Help Protect the Environment & Wallet
Economic calculations and a comparison of CO2 show that solar heaters are the latest generation future-proof solutions in the marketplace. There are many solar heating systems but when it is worth the investment and which system protects the environment the most? In a recent comparison test five heaters were compared:
In the test we compared gas heater and solar heating system combination, a oil heater combined with a solar heating system, a borehole heat pump combined with a solar heating system, a solar air heat pump and a solar heating system consisting of solar panels and a hybrid energy storage system.
The result: Initial results showed that Solar Heating SOLAERA provided significant cost advantages over solar-assisted oil and gas heating and heat pump heating systems on the ground probes. An oil heating system with solar per year is 36 percent more expensive than the solar heating SOLAERA.
When looking into the different options we consider the investment costs of equipment, interest, installations, material, maintenance, fuel / electricity price increases and promotions as part of a full cost accounting for over 20 years. The investment costs were taken including a study by the Economic Affairs of Baden-WÜrttemberg as well as a recent survey by the Consumer Rheinland-Pfalz.
The timings for the heating efficiency are based on independent test results of the Stiftung Warentest, the heat pump field test study of Agenda 21 group Lahr and the ITW, Universit
