This case study was written by Mondial Energy. It follows the company’s change from originally being a laundromat with a solar thermal hot water heating system to a successful solar thermal company.
Alex Winch, owner of Mondial Energy, originally had purchased and operated a laundromat in...
This paper was written by Mitch Thornton of the Canadian company Mountain Electric. It reports on his efforts to design and install his own “hot box” solar thermal collector.
The plan was to build a hot-air box that would transfer captured solar energy...
This presentation was created by Bob Swartman of Solcan, a solar energy company based in Canada. It provides information on various uses of solar thermal energy and includes a few case studies and examples.
The presentation begins by explaining how various designs of solar thermal water...
This report was written by Kazimierz Szymocha of the Alberta Research Council. It reports on their prototype solar thermal air heating and storage system.
The system in question is both a space heating installation and a direct heat storage system....
This fact sheet was published by the British Columbia Agriculture Council (BCAC). It provides information on the how agricultural producers can evaluate their operations to determine if solar thermal systems would be a productivity enhancing and money saving addition.
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This report issued by the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) gives an overview of the evolution of the solar energy market in Canada until 2025. The report covers both the solar photovoltaic and the solar thermal sectors.
Solar energy has numerous advantages. It will...
This presentation on the optimization of a low temperature solar district heating system was given by Canmet ENERGY at the 2nd International Solar District Heating Conference in Hamburg in June 2014. After a short introduction on Solar District Heating in Canada,...
This report was prepared by the ClearSky Advisors and is a survey of the Canadian solar thermal industry covering the year 2012.
The survey shows a significant decline in the solar thermal market in 2011, with total revenue of $29.9 million, a decrease of 20% from the 37.4 million...
This document on solar district heating (SDH) was presented by Adam Reed, research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder, at the Western Energy Policy Research Conference held in San Francisco on 4-5 September 2014.
The presentation makes...
A free IEA SHC online database of 50 projects from 11 countries highlights how active and passive solar can decrease energy demand and enhance a building's architectural quality
Author: Maria Wall
Date: October 2014
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