Hot water heating efficiency and CoP explained

The coefficient of performance or COP (sometimes CP or CoP) of a heat pump, refrigerator or airconditioning system is a ratio of useful heating or cooling provided to work required. For example a CoP of 4.7 means that for every

How combining PV Solar with a Co2 Heat Pump will save you money.

The Panasonic CO₂ Hot Water Heat Pump can integrate with your PV system (Solar Power System) to maximise your savings and reclaim the energy you are already creating, before exporting back to the grid for little return with current feed-in

An alternative to instantaneous gas water heaters or califonts.

Califonts provide hot water only as its needed, this is seen as a benefit if you have little room for a hot water cylinder in your house or if you want to have an instant hot water supply. They burn

Which solar system is best in New Zealand?

When looking for ways to save power with solar both approaches are fine but direct to water heating approach is more efficient at extracting the energy from the sun for a given area of roof space and therefore it takes

Find inspirational solar systems on ArchiPro

Apricus have recently been invited to showcase our products and fantastic projects on Archipro. Archipro is the go-to website for you to find inspirational projects and leading products for your new home or commercial building. You can find Apricus systems

Tauranga City Council are now promoting solar hot water with free building consents

Tauranga City Council are helping householders in the Bay of Plenty city to install solar hot water systems by offering free building consents in the latest Long Term Plan “It’s great to see the council helping our community to address

Case studies for recent Apricus installations

We are always keen to share the latest solar installations to help inspire you to start making savings with solar. The solar hot water systems at Lakeview Holiday Park in Wanaka and the new Genesis Energy office in Hamilton are

Jacinda, Shane & James we love you!!!

No more oil exploration permits Political leadership in times of turmoil doesn’t get much better than this announcement! Announcing the end of new off-shore oil and gas permits is a strong, brave and completely necessary move. We applaud the brave

Apricus solar hot water powering Genesis Energy

We’re really stoked to be providing solar hot water to the whole team at Genesis Energy in Hamilton. Especially everyone who is taking advantage of their bike parking and on-site showers at their new office in Bryce Street, Hamilton. We

Solar heated Canoe Racing NZ!

We are very pleased to hear that the solar water heating system in the brand new Canoe Racing NZ centre is going great guns. We’ll never be able to compete with Lisa Carrington and Taris Harker’s guns though! Being from

Solar water heating for Owhata School pool in Rotorua

We’ve been delighted to be involved in the design and installation of a large solar water heating system to warm the swimming pool at Owhata School, Rotorua. The school have already put a building over the pool to keep it

Intermediate students make their own solar collectors

It’s great to spend time with enthusiastic students who are trying out new skills for the first time. This is what happened at Whakatane High School recently when a group of keen environmental students from Whakatane Intermediate School got to