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Discover how Drain Water Heat Recovery System can improve your home energy costs

Water heating accounts for 20% of the average home energy consumption, and showering accounts for 50-70% of residential hot water energy load so…

Why pay for heat only to let it go down the drain?

Heat recovery is like getting heat for free – you have already paid for it once, so why pay again when you could reuse that heat?

By recovering the heat going down your drain, you will use less new energy to heat your hot water. Plus reduce the amount of greenhouse gas produced.

 

How do drain water heat recovery systems work?

When warm water goes down the drain, it carries away valuable energy with it. Drain water heat recovery systems can recover some or most of this valuable energy and use it to preheat cold fresh water.

This innovative technology is simple, long-lasting and has no moving parts.

The cold water coming into your house runs through a series of coils that are tightly wrapped around your drain stack.

When someone in your family is taking a shower, the warm water that is going down the drain transfers its heat through the copper walls of the drain water heat recovery unit to warm the cold water, before it goes into the water heater.

The heat is transferred, but the drain water never mixes with the fresh, and your water heater uses less energy.

It’s simple and you will enjoy the savings for many years to come.

Save up to 40% on water heating costs!

Benefits of a Drain Water Heat Recovery System
  • Maintenance-free and has no moving parts to break down.

  • It keeps you from running out of hot water while showering.

  • Typically pays for itself in two to five years.*

  • Fits easily in almost any home.

  • Is environmentally friendly, reducing your energy consumption by five to 10%.

  • Reduces greenhouse-gas emissions.

* Savings may vary due to individual hot water use, fluctuating energy costs, and installation variables.

Click here for a list of eligible manufacturers of Drain Water Heat Recovery Systems under the Saskatchewan EnerGuide for Houses Program and the Energy Efficient Rebate for New Homes.

Note: Homemade systems are not eligible for the grant(s).

For more information on the products and pricing contact one of the manufacturers.

 




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