Electric tankless water heater models provide a fabulous chance to reduce the amount of wasted resources used daily with appliances in our home or business. Whether you're a builder, architect, plumber or homeowner you owe it to yourself (and your children) to make a cognizant decision about the way you live your life and the decisions you make in your business. Purchasing or specifying such eco-friendly home equipment and appliances is a great start!

It all started in the '70s.

Accountability towards the world and its natural resources started to be a big thing and homeowners and manufacturers alike started looking for better, more "green" solutions. Fast forward to today, you're the few if you're NOT looking for ways to conserve on energy and resources. Innovative technology for homes and offices is possible, although not always obvious. The electric tankless water heater offers a sensible and conscious choice, albeit slightly under the radar.

Let's look at the facts...

The conventional storage tank water heater:

• Holds 40 - 80 gallons of hot water, day and night
• Electric and gas models keep the water hot 24/7
• Energy is wasted just to keep standing water hot and ready. This is known as stand-by heat loss, the heat loss, the heat that dissipates through the walls of the tank.
• Overheats the water (wasting energy) which must be mixed with cold water before use.
• Water wastefully runs down the drain while waiting on it to get hot.
• Obviously, fossil fuels are wasted during this continuous heating cycle

Today's electric tankless water heater can conserve 20% - 30% of this energy that would otherwise be thrown away because it heats to the desired use temperature solely "on demand." This is a uncomplicated, but relatively unknown concept.

Today, more than ever, it is important that those who understand this efficiency available through modern technology and innovative research utilize and pass this knowledge on to the consumer.

Walking your walk and talking your talk.

Most people are willing to assume a part in the management of their environment when they understand their choices. Builders, contractors and business owners play a large role in recommending these water and heat saving appliances such as the electric tankless water heater. Their advice carries even more weight if they also use these energy saving devices in their own homes and businesses.

Significant natural resources protected by this one green change alone:

*Smaller, easier-to-repair tankless heaters have 2X the life expectancy of the more than 7.3 million traditional storage hot water heaters currently being dumped into landfills each year

*Some models with stainless steel heating chambers are over 95% recyclable

*Significantly less greenhouse emissions and NONE at the point of use.