DUX

STRONG GROWTH IN ENVIRONMENTAL WATER HEATERS

The hot water market has undergone rapid change over the past three to five years with strong growth in high-efficiency gas, solar and heat pump water heaters. Legislation, backed by significant government incentives, has supported the strong growth of environmental water heaters. These incentives are forecast to continue until the government’s proposed ban on storage electric water heaters in 2012.

Dux continues to focus on constant product innovation. In 2008-09 Dux received industry accolades including:

  • “Environmental Product of the Year” at the Queensland Plumbing Industry Awards
  • “Environment and Heritage Award” at the Engineering Excellence Awards
  • WA Master Plumbers “Environmental Product of the Year”
  • 2009 Endeavour Award “Australian Trade/Consumer Product of the Year”

Dux has a highly awarded range of environmental water heaters, following the receipt of these important industry accolades.

In September 2008, Dux launched the pioneering rebate website, www.hotwaterrebate.com.au. It is the first national website that calculates Federal and State Government hot water rebates for homeowners across Australia. The website helps to simplify and explain rebates as well as making the claim process easier.  With more than 2.5 million page views in less than a year, it is now the industry’s most popular rebate information source.

Dux also has a strong focus on customer service and training improvement. The company will soon launch the ‘Dux Solar University’. This will be a state-of-the-art training facility, which will enable staff and customers to be provided with the very best technical information on all Dux products, their installation and servicing.

Airoheat®

Airoheat continues to be a highly-successful product. Its unique and innovative design has made it an award winning environmental hot water system with six prestigious industry awards. Airoheat is an efficient compact heat pump water heater as well as being simple, convenient and quick to install. Airoheat is very appealing to consumers seeking environmentally-friendly solutions because it offers similar benefits to electric-boosted solar hot water systems but without the need for solar roof panels. This dramatically reduces installation costs and complexity.

Electric Boosted Solar Systems

The traditional electric storage water heater is presently the dominant hot water system type in Australian households. Homeowners can reduce their energy costs and household carbon emissions by installing a solar hot water system. The Dux range of Sunpro® electric boosted solar hot water systems (along with the Airoheat), is the logical replacement for these old electric systems. These systems are rapidly gaining popularity among consumers because of their environmental benefits.

The Dux range of Sunpro® electric boosted solar is at the forefront of efficiency and will continue to be a hugely popular product of
the future.

Gas Boosted Solar Systems

Dux continues to be a strong player in the gas boosted solar hot water system market as these systems are among the most environmentally-friendly hot water solutions available.

There are two types of gas solar hot water systems in the Dux range. These include Sunpro 305, which provides a lower entry point price, while maintaining all of the benefits of mains pressure hot water.  Its compact footprint has made it an ideal choice on smaller building blocks, particularly in Victoria.

The more efficient gas continuous solar range, which combines a larger tank coupled with the Endurance® continuous flow system, has been a popular choice for higher-end home builders. This type of system is the most efficient on the market and is designed to maximise solar gain and provide unlimited hot water.

Gas Hot Water Systems

Dux currently has a range of high efficiency gas storage and gas continuous flow water heaters. Reticulated natural gas is viewed as an inexpensive, environmentally-friendly fuel source for heating water.   

The future for this segment of the market is in highly efficient gas systems, which typically have an energy rating of 5 stars or higher. Dux continues to develop quality products in these categories with an emphasis being placed on efficiency and innovation.