A solar water heating system can provide a household with 50 to 75 percent of its annual hot water needs.

This means you are able to significantly reduce the amount of electricity or gas that you use to heat your water - and enables you to slash your power bill.

Installing solar also has wide reaching benefits for the environment.

By harnessing a fully renewable resource to heat your water, you can reduce the other forms of energy your home requires and even help to cut New Zealand’s production of greenhouse gas.

Solar water heating really is a smart choice for Kiwis.