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Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems – Engineering Handbook for Canada (2011)

Submitted by Dan Fernandez on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 18:33.

This installation guide was written by Brian Bot of Solar Supply Canada. It was written for residential use in Canada.

Solar Thermal System in Buildings in Japan (2008)

Submitted by Raquel Costa on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 14:46.

This presentation was made by Mr Mitsuhiro Udagawa, Professor at the Kogakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, during the Asian Workshop on Energy and Environmental Technologies which took place in 2008.

The presentation includes many visuals showing the evolution of solar thermal system installations in households and other buildings in Japan over the years (1974, 1985, 1999). It is possible to see the evolution of both technology and design.

Geothermal Heat Pumps and Solar Thermal Hybrid Systems (2007)

Submitted by Todd Costello on Mon, 08/02/2010 - 16:41.

This document was prepared by Steven Forrester for DMA Engineering and discusses the problems with Geothermal (Ground Source Heat Pumps) and offers a solution. Use solar thermal in correlation with geothermal in a hybrid model.

The advantages of a hybrid model are that both systems are renewable energy systems, both do not use fossil fuels at the point of use, and there is outstanding synergy between the two technologies maximizing efficiency during summer and winter seasons.