Solar heating products offer many heating options for your home. You can heat water for your shower, heat one room, the whole house, or your pool – all with solar energy. The best part of heating with solar is once you install your solar heating product, you get free heat from the sun’s energy for years!

The simplest passive solar heating has been around for centuries and works a lot like leaving your garden hose out in the sun. The water in the garden hose heats up quickly and can get downright hot! Passive solar water heating is used in the simplest style of circulating solar pool heaters. This passive solar pool heating diverts the filtered water from the pool and runs it through a panel that lets the sun heat the water before returning it to the pool.

Solar heaters can heat more than the pool. As I mentioned earlier, heating water for your shower and other household needs can be very cost-effective. Heating water for your home can use up to thirty percent of your home’s energy and, most of the time, you aren’t even using the heated water sitting in your water heater. By using solar to heat only the water in your home, you can save money.

Solar air heating is also an option. It works similarly to the passive solar heating used in swimming pools. Air from your home is circulated through outdoor panels that can warm the air up to thirty degrees before returning it to your home. Using a solar window heater to heat one or two rooms is a great option to supplement your standard furnace. Keep your whole house a few degrees cooler and heat only the room(s) you need a little warmer like bedrooms. Solar window heaters mount in your window like a window air conditioning unit.

Solar heating products can be easily incorporated into your home and will save you money on energy for years to come. What you will initially spend on your solar heating product will be quickly recouped in savings on your energy bills. With all that money you will be saving you will be able to afford to install more solar energy in your home. In a few years, you might not even have a utility bill!