Ottawa is one of the best cities in Canada for sunshine hours. Ottawa receives 1.5 megawatts of solar energy on each square meter on your roof, every year.

Except for a tiny amount of electricity used to transfer the heat from the collectors to your hot water tank, there are no Greenhouse Gases or pollutants produced. In Ontario we need to do everything we can to shut down the coal burning generating plants, avoid building more nuclear plants, and reduce burning fossil fuels. Our childrens' health and wallets can't afford it.

Over the 25 year life time of the solar water heating system, it will cost you less than 1/3 of any other fuel source. And you immediately reduce your environmental footprint. Why wait? (Government rebates now cover 20-25% of a solar hot water system, solar has never been cheaper and more dependable)

For every dollar you save in utilitiy expenses each year, the resale value of your home increases by $20. That means that investing $5143 in a 2-panel system increases the value of your home by $6069 if you have an electric hot water tank. So even if you are thinking of selling your home soon, Solar Hot Water still makes sense.

In 2006 Austria installed more solar water heating panels in 2 days than Canada installed in the entire year. And Austria gets less sunshine! What do they know that we don't?