The municipal bonus for the installation of solar water heater

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Simple gestures allow to save the energy: replace classic bulbs by economic bulbs, equip oneself with household electrical devices that use less energy (class A), avoid overheating of buildings or warming idle premises, choosing low temperature cycles ( 30/40°C) for a washing-machine,...

It is also possible to relieve the amount of the energy bill by decreasing its dependence towards fossil fuels (fuel oil, gas) and by appealing to 'green' sources of energy. A solar water heater allows to supply until 50% of the energy necessary for the production of domestic hot water in a house. This is free of charge. Furthermore, the direct environmental profit of such an installation is translated by a decrease of the atmospheric pollution and a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

A bonus in Brussels

The City of Brussels thus grants a municipal bonus for the installation of a solar water heaters in housing situated on its territory. The amount of the municipal bonus amounts to 10% of the expenses of purchase and placement of the installation (with a maximum of 500 euro).

The bonus of the City of Brussels is subordinated to the granting of the regional bonus for the placement of a solar water heater.

Introduce a demand for a bonus

The granting of this bonus for the installation of a solar water heater is governed by a municipal regulation (PDF, 0,06MB).

To benefit from the bonus, the applicant has to introduce the request form (PDF, 0,03MB) and the required documents to the Eco-Advice service of the City of Brussels, in the 3 months which follow the completion of the works.

Some technical conditions:

• The installations serving only for warming the water of a swimming pool are not taken into account for the granting of a bonus
• The installation has to be orientated to the South, with a maximal abnormality of 90° to the East or the West.

For a combined installation that heats the water for the bathroom and the heating, it is compulsory to add the principal plan of the installation including the technical characteristics of all the components, as well as the connections to the existing networks.