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The first solar heating device was a solar heater, which seems to have been first developed by a Swiss botanist
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The solar boilers were used in Israel in the mid-1950s.
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As early as 1957, the newspaper reported that the use of solar boilers grew in Israel
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In the early sixties, the status of solar heater was established as a symbol of economic success on the roof of every house
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A 1973 study found that the use of solar water heaters is more expensive than using an electric boiler
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Following the energy crisis of the 1970s, the law established in 1976 the obligation to install solar water heaters for every apartment being built in Israel.
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According to the data of the Knesset Research and Information Center in 2012, solar water heaters were in 85% of the households, and these resulted in savings of about 8% in electricity consumption!
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Today… This method of heating is very common in households in the State of Israel and some other countrys in the world