Energy Saving in Mexico by use of solar water heaters

This book presents an analysis of energy savings by implementing solar water heaters (SWH) in urban and rural households in Mexico using a geographical information system (GIS); the maps of average solar radiation energy consumption and energy savings are presented. Information of assigned to 187719 and 4525 locations urban and rural respectively; official data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) is used and among the main results they show that each year Mexico could save 53.66 PJ which is 51% of annual consumption of households use of LPG for heating water which would represent to avoid the emission of 3.74 Tg CO2 to the environment