News release – Support your local solar experts and vote for the UCSD Solar Water Heating Project. The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sustainable Student Community project is one of the first California universities to install Solar Hot Water (SHW) on nearly all of its newly developed student housing. The facility is designed for…
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Conserval Engineering Gearing Up To Launch Night Solar System
News release – The inventors of the highly acclaimed SolarWall® air heating technology are preparing to launch their highly anticipated NightSolar® system. This duel action roof-mounted system will still provide day-time heating, but can now also be used in reverse from sunset to sunrise for nightime cooling; chilling incoming air by as much as 10…
SunTrac Solar Receives SRCC OG-100 Certification
News release – The Solar Rating & Certification Corporation (SRCC) announced the certification of a new ground-breaking player in the solar thermal world. The SunTrac 27TC uses solar concentrating technology and follows the suns arc, which allows a higher energy gain. It is the only tracking solar thermal panel to be certified under the OG-100…
AHR Expo 2012 — Chicago, IL — Jan 23rd-25th
Event – The 2012 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) will be held January 23-25, at the McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60616. Now in its 64th year, the AHR Expo targets contractors engineers, facility managers, OEMs, and other HVAC&R industry professionals to buy, sell, network and learn. Over 2,000…
NABCEP Releases Entry Level Solar Thermal Learning Objectives
News release – The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is pleased to announce the release of Learning Objectives and an exam blueprint for its new Solar Thermal Entry Level Knowledge Assessment program. The Learning Objectives, which were developed by a volunteer committee of Solar Thermal Industry practitioners and educators, are focused on…
World Future Energy Summit 2012 — Abu Dhabi, UAE — Jan 16th-19th
Event – The 5th World Future Energy Summit (WFES) will be held in January 16th -19th, 2012 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. WFES 2012 hosted by Masdar focuses on climate change and the latest technological advances in the renewable energy sector targeting energy companies and professionals, consumers, competitors…
Massachusetts Introduces Solar Hot Water Incentive Program
News release – The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has unveiled a new rebate program to help residents finance solar hot water projects. Beginning in early February, MassCEC will begin accepting applications for a pilot version of the Commonwealth Solar Hot Water program, which is designed to help Massachusetts residents adopt solar thermal water heating…
New York Solar Energy Industries Association Names 2011 Officers
News release – The New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA), the trade association representing the New York solar energy industry, has re-appointed Ron Kamen, a solar energy executive from the Hudson Valley, as president. Kamen of Rhinebeck is a founding partner and chief development and public policy officer of EarthKind Solar, the leading solar…
Free Hot Water Introduces Solar Thermal Calculators for Installers
News release – Free Hot Water, a leading solar water heating manufacturer and distributor, has introduced new, easy-to-use solar thermal cost calculators and other estimation tools for estimating the size and project design of solar thermal systems. While there are many public solar photovoltaic (PV) calculators on the Internet, there are very few calculators tailored…
Commercial Energy Audits Look at Solar Thermal
News release – Solar thermal systems are gaining visibility in commercial energy audits because they can produce electricity, provide heat and drive air conditioning, fueled only by free, clean energy from the sun. Commercial energy audits are recommending solar thermal installations with increasing frequency. The reason is that solar thermal technologies are increasingly cost effective…
