The goal of any veterinarian office is to provide safe and sanitary shelter for an injured animal. Surprisingly, water heating has a large impact on the quality and consistency of service that a veterinarian office can offer. Failure to manage costly utility costs, for example, could force administrators to cut corners elsewhere to make up the difference. Veterinarian offices also depend on a regular supply of hot water for cleaning patient animals and keeping operation rooms sterile. Offices that take advantage of everything that a tankless water heaters has to offer will be able to focus more energy on four-legged patients.

Improve office efficiency
Builder Online reports that tankless water heaters can save a facility up to 25 percent annually on heating costs. Tankless water heaters are designed to nearly 100 percent efficient, and high-end models deliver as high as 99 percent heating efficiency. Tankless water heaters are also durable. Builder Online notes that the average life expectancy for a tankless water heater is two decades. This reliability ensures that veterinary offices can take advantage of uninterrupted energy efficiency for up to 20 years.

Increase floor space
Veterinarian offices are sometimes packed wall-to-wall with sick and injured animals. Floor space is at a premium for vets, and tankless water heaters offer a way for a veterinarian office to expand its floor space, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. Bulky reservoir water heaters will take up quite a bit of room at the office, and this space can be better utilized for storing equipment or medical files. Thankfully, tankless water heaters are a fraction of the size of reservoir models, up to 90 percent smaller. Replacing an outdated hot water tank with a tiny tankless model is a simple way to generate more floor space at a vet's office.

Keep pets safe
Often veterinarians must wash animals in the course of treatment, either to protect injuries from infection or to soften matted fur prior to surgery. Regardless, veterinarians must take special care to ensure their hot water systems deliver consistent water temperatures on a day-to-day basis. Failure to keep water temperature under control could lead to patient or veterinary assistant suffering from a scald. Thankfully, veterinarian offices can purchase tankless water heaters with built-in temperature control devices. These tools make it easy for vets to set and lock their hot water at a safe temperature.