Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, is harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal electricity, solar architecture and artificial photosynthesis. A great amount of energy can be harnessed from the sun. The amount of energy reaching the Earth Surface every day from the Sun is far greater than the energy that of man needs for the foreseeable future. This paper describes about consumer awareness towards solar water heater with special reference to Coimbatore city. The data has been collected by survey through questionnaire with 72 respondents. The primary data and secondary data are used for the study, the primary data is collected using questionnaires and secondary data is collected from articles, books and websites. Convenient sampling technique is used and the tools used for the analysis are Simple Percentage and Likert-scale analysis. This study concluded that the most of consumers are aware of solar water heater.