John: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
WANT TO SAVE SOME MONEY?
THAT GETS YOU ATTENTION.
WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW IN
SESSION.
Trini: IT'S EASY AFTER
TALKING TO THE FOLKS AT
REVOLUSUN SMARTHOME.
TODAY'S FOCUS IS ABOUT SOLAR HOT
WATER.
IF THE SUN'S OUT, PRESIDENT
DAVID GORMAN IS WORKING.
THE PRESIDENT OF REVOLUSUN
SMARTHOME AND INNOVATION CENTER.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
John: YOU HAVE A REALLY
EASY WAY FOR FOLKS TO SWITCH IT
UP AND MAKE MONEY OR SAVE SOME
MONEY.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
YEAH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PV,
PHOTOVOLTAIC.
AND I THOUGHT WE SHOULD TALK
ABOUT THIS OLD SCHOOL STUFF
WHICH IS SOLAR HOT WATER.
ONE OUT OF THREE ROOFTOPS IN
HAWAI'I HAVE SOLAR HOT WATER
SYSTEM.
A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT FOR ANY
NEW CONSTRUCTION.
PROVIDES SUCH A HUGE BENEFIT FOR
RELATIVELY SMALL UPFRONT
INVESTMENT.
MOST HOMES DON REALIZE IT BUT
30% OF THEIR ELECTRICITY USE IS
HEATING HOT WATER FOR DOING
LAUNDRY AND TAKING BATHS.
IT'S AN EASY WAY TO KNOCK A BIG
CHUNK OF THE ELECTRIC BILL OUT.
John: PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
HOW OFTEN THEY'RE USING HOT
WATER.
I LIKE TO TAKE HALF AN HOUR
SHOWERS.
THAT'S BAD BUT I LIKE HOT
SHOWERS.
WASHING DISHES.
ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO ON
A DAILY BASIS COSTS MONEY.
YEAH.
NECESSITIES.
AND MY DAUGHTER LIKES TO TAKE
HALF AN HOUR SHOWERS TOO.
John: I DRIVE AROUND
NEIGHBORHOODS AND DON'T SEE AS
MANY AS I WOULD THINK.
THAT'S A BIT OF A SURPRISE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
HELP PEOPLE WITH.
YEAH.
THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS..
ONE IS THE TRADITIONAL SOLAR
THERMAL HOT WATER WHICH IS
LARGER COLLECTOR PLATES WHERE
YOU'RE PUMPING WATER UP TO THE
ROOF.
AND THE WATER IS SITTING IN
COLLECTOR PLATES.
THE HEAT OF THE SUN IS HEATING
THE WATER.
AND YOU'RE PUTTING HOT WATER
INTO THE TANK AND STORING IT FOR
USE LATER.
John: I HAD NO IDEA THAT
WAS AN OPTION.
THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL
OPTION.
PEOPLE CONFUSE SOLAR HOT WATER
WITH PV.
WE HAD TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TWO.
John: THAT'S ANOTHER
OPTION.
PV HOT WATER.
THAT'S USING PHOTOVOLTAIC OR PV
PANELS TO MAKE ELECTRICITY THAT
ARE DEDICATED TO THE HOT WATER
TANK.
SUN, YOU'RE USING THAT
ELECTRICITY TO EAT THE WATER IN -- HEAT
John: WHY WOULD SOMEBODY
USE PV OVER A SOLAR HEATER?
THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO
EACH.
THE TRADITIONAL METHOD IS THE
MOST ECONOMICAL.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE IDEA
OF THERE BEING A BUNCH OF HOT
WATER ON THEIR ROOFTOP.
IF THE WATER GETS TOO HOT, IT'S
GOING TO EXHAUST SO THE SYSTEM
DOESN'T OVERLOAD.
AND SOME PEOPLE WANT A
CONSISTENT LOOK.
SO THE HOT WATER COLLECTOR LOOKS
DIFFERENT.
YOU CAN DEDICATE SOME PANELS TO
HEATING THE TANK.
John: DHOWS AR -- THOSE ARE
TWO OPTIONS.
YOU HAVE A THIRD.
IT'S A HYBRID HOT WATER TANK.
SORT OF LIKE HAVING AN AIR
CONDITIONER ON THE TANK.
AND IT COMPRESSES THAT AIR AND
DRAWS HEAT OUT OF THE AIR.
IT HAS TO BE IN A CONFINED
SPACE.
A MINIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED SQUARE
FEET.
MINE IS IN MY GARAGE.
MY GARAGE IS HOT.
I'M USING MY HOT WATER HEATER TO
EXHAUSTED COLD AIR.
SO I'M AIR CONDITIONING MY
GARAGE AT THE SAME TIME.
John: WOW.
THAT IS A COOL OPTION.
YEAH.
WE REALLY LIKE THAT.
IF YOUR TANK IS IN YOUR GARAGE,
IT'S A REALLY GOOD COST
EFFECTIVE WAY TO MAKE YOUR PV
SYSTEM SMALLER.
YOU'RE HEATING IT 60% MORE
ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN A STANDARD
TANK.
John: IF YOU LIKE HOT WATER
AND SAVING MONEY, AND IF YOU
LIKE A COOL GARAGE, COME SOE
REVOLUSUN SMARTHOME.
VISIT DAVID.
THEY HAVE THE NO HOW AND
TECHNOLOGY.
THANK YOU.
John: APPRECIATE IT.
Trini: DID NOT KNOW ALL OF
THAT.
John: THEY KNOW THEIR
STUFF.
Trini: DID YOU SAY YOU TAKE
A 30 MINUTE SHOWER.
John: I THINK I DID, YEAH.
Trini: I'M LIKE -- YOU SAID
IT AND I WAS LIKE, THAT'S A LOT
OF WATER.
John: THERE'S REASONS
BEHIND THAT.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE P.V. HOT
WATER BECAUSE HOT WATER, I TAKE
A SHOWER TO WARM MY BODY UP.
I DON'T HAVE A JACUZZI AND DON'T
HAVE TIME TO GO RUNNING.
IT WARMS MY MUSCLES UP.
I HAVE A LOT OF SORE MUSCLES.
AND A BAD BACK.
NOT A GOOD EXCUSE.
Trini: WHAT I HEAR YOU
SAYING IS YOU'RE NOT EXERCISING,
YOU CAN TAKE A HOT SHOWER
INSTEAD OF EXERCISING?
John: NO.
WARMING UP THE MUSCLES AND
WARMING MY BACK SO I CAN GET
THROUGH A DAY.
Trini: GOT YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU CLARIFIED.
John: MAYBE I SHOULD RUN MY