BREAZE

BREAZE is keen to provide our members with practical solutions to reducing greenhouse emissions, not just talk about it. Heating hot water by using fossil fuels is pretty crazy when there is a perfectly good source of heat hitting all of our roofs.

Yet although using the sun is a 'no-brainer', solar hot water systems are conspicuous by their absence on roofs in the Ballarat region. How come? Too confusing? Too pricey? Thus one of our first ventures was to look into various solar hot water systems on the market and, via the power of 'collective purchasing power', negotiate a cheaper price.

Have a look at our Solar Hot Water panel of pride.

BREAZE's Strategic Plan ('Ballarat Beyond Carbon' 2010-2013) has the target that "80% of gas and 100% of electric hot water systems in Ballarat will be replaced with solar hot water".

How can we begin to achieve this? Well, we've already made a pretty good start! Frankly, BREAZE does not mind what sort of solar hot water system you get, or where you purchase it from.

However, in order to give this ambitious target a real 'push along' it has made sense that BREAZE become a direct supplier of Solar Hot Water and after considerable research we are very comfortable with the system we are offering. And in order to increase the incentive to take action to reduce your emissions, BREAZE will:

• offer a sizeable and genuine member discount from the recommended retail price to make the decision easier
• take care of all the paperwork post installation
• Why? We figure that making the process as 'painless' as possible is a big step in achieving our ambitious vision of having Ballarat roofs clad in solar hot water panels fuelled by a distant star!

The documents below (all Download links) are designed to be read in the sequence below, be useful and help you determine things like what rebates you are eligible for (thank heavens none of which are means-tested!), prices, choices of systems etc. They are also available to view and download in the Document Library - Solar Hot Water

The ‘Enquiry Form’ is the key document to submit, should you desire a quotation on a solar hot water system.

HOWEVER! If you have any general enquiries or feel vaguely confused by it all, the key points of contact to BREAZE are:

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• BREAZE Office - phone 5329 1730 

Apricus Solar Hot Water Information	"How does it work?" "You big is it?" "What is the warranty?" "What choices do I have?" Download the Apricus FAST FACTS brochure to find the answers to these and many other questions
Solar Hot Water System Cost Calculator (This is a MS Office Excel file  look here if you do not have Excel	"What are my choices of solar hot water system models and how much does it cost?" Use this calculator to see a list of the models and and get an estimated cost for the system
Solar Hot Water Savings Calculator (This is a MS Office Excel file  look here if you do not have Excel)	"How much will I save?" Use this calculator to estimate your annual savings
Enquiry Form	"Right-oh. I think I'd like a quotation, please."
SHW Process Flowchart	"How does the process work at BREAZE?" An overview of the enquiry, quotation, ordering, payment and installation process
Incentive Eligibility Summary	Have a look at this document if you need more information about Rebates, RECs, VEECs
Rebate Decision Tree	"What rebates can I get on the basis of my current hot water system?"