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April 17, 2019
SWOT analysis of building-integrated solar systems

Which solar envelope systems are available for sale and what are their main features? A new report that is being drafted in Task 56 (Building Integrated Solar Envelope Systems for HVAC and Lighting) of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme will provide stakeholders with a...
April 9, 2019
Cuts to electricity subsidies boost solar thermal in Saudi Arabia

For some time, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, home to the second-largest oil reserves in the world, has taken steps to diversify into renewable energy generation. In solrico’s international survey...
March 25, 2019
Klimahouse 2020, Bolzano

Klimahouse takes place in Bolzano, Italy, from 22 to 25 January 2020. The strategic location of the trade show provides the perfect meeting point for Italian companies and those of the neighboring countries to exchange ideas, innovations and insights on the latest trends in the energy-efficient and...
February 6, 2019
Southern Europe: A good place for SWH companies to do business

In 2018, solar water heater suppliers headquartered in Europe were more satisfied with sales than those not located on the continent. In all, 78 % of the former saw a strong or slight increase in sales volume last year compared to 2017. Elsewhere, the same was true for only 51 % of all...
January 11, 2019
Innovative solar-assisted heat pumps

The principal objective of a recently launched, EU-funded project named SunHorizon is to optimise solar-assisted heat pump systems in residential and commercial buildings. The endeavour will demonstrate a wide variety of solutions for both technologies, such as thermal compression,...
December 26, 2018
Klimahouse 2019, Bolzano

Klimahouse takes place in Bolzano, Italy, from 23 to 26 January 2019. The strategic location of the trade show provides the perfect meeting point for Italian companies and those of the neighboring countries to exchange ideas, innovations and insights on the latest trends in the energy-efficient and...
December 26, 2018
SAIE BARI 2019, Bari

The 54th edition of SAIE will take place from 24 to 26 October 2019 in Bari, Italy. Since 2012 the international building exhibition has a new format and offers new services and new opportunities. SAIE brings together various players in order to offer integrated solutions for a changing sector,...
December 20, 2018
IEA SHC supports historic buildings expert network

The 3^rdInternational Conference on Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings (EEHB 2018), which took place in Sweden in September, proved to be the perfect location to show the work of IEA SHC Task, Renovating Historic Buildings Towards Zero Energy. Task Coordinator...
November 5, 2018
Israeli firm offers large variety of PVT systems

Homes, hospitals, hotels, industrial facilities and greenhouses (see photo): These are some of the many uses for turnkey PV systems produced by Millennium Solar, an Israeli business which was set up in 1999 and specialises in PV-Thermal (PVT) technologies. Founder and Managing Director Ami...
October 29, 2018
European Solar Thermal Technology Panel elects new chairman

The members of the European Solar Thermal Technology Panel (ESTTP) elected a new chairman at their most recent steering committee meeting, held in mid-September at the same time as the Eurosun 2018 conference. His name: Marco Calderoni, Senior Project Manager at the Italian innovation...
October 2, 2018
“Huge innovative potential for solar air conditioning”

Eurosun 2018 attracted a fair number of researchers and solar energy specialists from around the world. In all, 350 attended the event, which took place between 10 and 13 September at the HSR University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland.
August 21, 2018
Solar thermal in agri-food industry

Four industrial sites owned by businesses producing goods for the agri-food sector will be the real test of whether solar process heat can gain a foothold in the industry. The companies are partners to SHIP2FAIR, which was launched in April in Brussels (see photo) and is scheduled to end in...