Domestic hot water is the water we use every day for washing, washing dishes, cooking and cleaning. It is therefore an essential element in our lives that we sometimes use without even thinking about where it comes from. However, this water has not become hot by magic: it has been heated thanks to a device specific to your home. It can be heated by gas or electricity through a balloon or a boiler. But these devices are often energy-intensive and therefore represent a source of considerable expense for households. Fortunately, there are ecological solutions such as the condensing boiler proposed by Solution Eco energie.
But what is a boiler for?
A boiler from Solution Eco Energie is the mechanism that will heat your water so that you can use it at any time of the day or night, on demand! The water is heated by gas or electricity and then sent to the tap that asks for it. The boilers can have three models:
- The boiler without tank: it heats the water on demand, which means that you have to wait a little longer to have hot water because it takes a little latency for it to heat up (it remains very fast). On the other hand, it takes up very little space.
- The boiler with tank: hot water is permanently stored in a tank, which will allow you to benefit from hot water very quickly and without possible interruption. On the other hand, a storage tank is very bulky and therefore requires a certain amount of space in the house.
- The “hybrid” boiler: it has a small tank, which means that hot water is available from it while the running water is being heated by the boiler. A rather clever system that takes up less space than a conventional tank.
However, all these systems require a considerable amount of energy, a source of expense and pollution.
The condensing boiler: the optimization of the traditional boiler
New technologies today offer additional opportunities to heat at lower cost using natural and free energy sources. This is the case of the condensing boiler, an innovation that is revolutionising domestic hot water! The principle is simple: in a standard boiler, during combustion, water vapour is naturally produced and often evacuated into the ambient air. The condensation boiler will optimise this phenomenon by recovering these fumes and condensing them to take advantage of their thermal advantage: the efficiency of your boiler is therefore better, and you benefit from energy savings of up to 30%.
The condensing boiler proposed by Solution Eco Energie therefore appears to be an efficient way to save energy. It certainly requires the installation of new equipment, but this work is eligible for tax credits: another good way to save money and a gesture for the planet!
Classification of the main heating equipment according to the energy label in force from 26/09/15 to 25/09/17:
