Upgrading or designing your hot water system.
Did you know that hot water uses an average of 46% of every new home’s total household energy?
An efficient domestic hot water system will minimise your energy and water use while ensuring there is always plenty of hot water. We help you find the best water heater for your home and specialise in systems with a low environmental impact. These systems include solar hot water, hot water heat pumps and pellet boilers. If your building new or looking to replace your current gas or diesel hot water solution, our products are the perfect match.
Low Carbon Hot Water Heating
Systems that reduce the carbon footprint of your home should be a key focus. The NZ government Climate Change Commission recommends that we avoid installing new fossil fuel (natural gas & LPG) installations and work on replacing fossil fuel systems in existing residential, commercial, and public buildings. Apricus Eco Hot Water and Heating can help you meet these environmental recommendations whilst also lowering your cost of living.
Reliability, efficiency & sustainability
Our hot water systems have been selected for their reliability, efficiency, and sustainability. They have been installed throughout New Zealand, in all home sizes and climate zones.
Apricus Hot Water and heating are experts in sustainable hot water and central heating system design, helping you to find the best system to suit your home and lifestyle.
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Our product range
Apricus Solar Hot Water
A solar hot water collector on your roof heats water directly using free sunlight and stores it in your hot water cylinder. Your cylinder therefore acts as a solar heated battery, storing the energy for use when you need it later that evening and following morning. This is a battery that is often already in your home, is long lasting and will never reduce it’s capacity to be charged by the sun!
Apricus solar hot water systems can be installed on new and existing homes. The systems perfectly complement a PV system for ultra-low running costs and can even be installed with a wetback or central heating system for year round, off-grid operation.
Apricus All In One
The Apricus All In One Air Source Water Heat Pump is the latest in intelligent water heating technology. Reducing energy costs by 70% compared to conventional electric and gas water heaters, with an annual carbon reduction rating of 3 tonnes. It uses R290 a natural refrigerant with zero global warming potential compared to synthetic, making it the hot water heating system of choice for eco-friendly home owners.
The Apricus All In One is combines the compressor and cylinder into one system that is installed outside of your home. It has dual heating technology with incorporated electric element to provide hot water up to 70°c.
Reclaim CO2 Hot Water Heat Pump
Using the latest developments in refrigerant technology, Reclaim uses highly efficient and natural CO2 to transfer heat from the atmosphere. Put simply CO2 heat pumps absorbs warmth from the air, compresses the heat and transfer it to your hot water cylinder. Heat pumps use electricity to operate a compressor and efficient components rather than heating an electric element. This makes the system up to five times more efficient than a standard electrically powered hot water cylinder.
CO2 heat pumps are widely accepted as the most efficient technology for domestic hot water. They can be combined with a household solar PV system to maximise your power savings. The heat pump is installed outside your home and the cylinder can also be installed outdoors to conserve valuable indoor space.
EasyPell Heat Pump
Using ambient air as the primary heat source an EasyPell Heat Pump is a sustainable solution that is both cost-effective and climate-friendly. It is packed with features and unlike other heat pumps, it combines heating, cooling and hot water into one system. Thank to a modern mobile app, the exceptionally quiet EasyPell Heat pump can be digitally adjusted to your precise requirements.
It uses the refrigerant R290 which is an environmentally friendly and future-oriented solution with outstanding performance. The system can also be combined with PV solar for extra savings.
Easypell & ÖkoFEN Pellet Boilers
When considering a whole home solution for central heating and hot water it is hard to find a better system than a pellet boiler. This advanced technology from Austria is ideal for providing both domestic hot water and central heating in your home. They can even be used for heating a spa pool, hot tub and/or swimming pool. Pellet boilers provide hot water at a range of temperatures and therefore can heat a home using radiators and/or underfloor heating systems.
Apricus meet the strictest environmental requirements from ECAN and can therefore these pellet boilers can installed anywhere in New Zealand.
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- Approx Annual Energy Use*
- Approx. annual greenhouse gas emissions*
*Energy use & approx. annual costs:
Calculated for average household hot water use for a family of four, using 200L per day, requiring 3,995 kWh of heat energy per year at standard efficiency.
*Greenhouse gas emissions: kgCO2e/year
Calculated using kgCO2e/kWh factors from MfE Measuring Emissions, 2019, assuming average annual hot water energy use of 3,995 kWh. Reclaim CO2 heat pumps have 4.7 COP, Apricus solar hot water reduces electricity use by at least 75%, published efficiency figures for gas water heaters, electric cylinder assumed to be 100% efficient. Heat loss from cylinders not included, assumed to be according to MEPS requirements and varying by cylinder size.
