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Twelve new student teams to compete in Solar Decathlon 2015

February 13, 2014

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced the 20 collegiate teams selected to compete in the DOE’s Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif. The teams will now begin the nearly two-year process of building solar-powered houses that are affordable, innovative and energy-efficient.

Using hybrid PV/solar thermal systems

A CleanEnergyAuthority.com article explains the differences between two hybrid solar systems using photovoltaic cells to warm water

May 17, 2013

One takes waste heat and transfers it to a building’s water heating system and the other uses mirrors to concentrate the solar energy to one area of PV cells and a fluid heat transfer system.

Solar Thermal Report- Spring 2013: Solar thermal resources

Guide for installers is among the tools available to contractors and engineers.

Kelly Faloon

April 26, 2013

When we began publishing Solar Installer in 2008, our intent was to educate the readers of Plumbing & Mechanical about systems that use the renewable energy source of the sun to heat water and buildings. We

Solar Thermal Report- Spring 2013: Setpoint control with variable-speed pump

tekmar’s Setpoint Difference Control 157 uses variable-speed pump operations to get more heat from a solar thermal system, even on less-than-ideal days.

April 26, 2013

tekmar’s Setpoint Difference Control 157 uses variable-speed pump operations to get more heat from a solar thermal system, even on less-than-ideal days.

Solar Thermal Report- Spring 2013: If I Made the Tanks, Part 1

What would an ideal pressurized thermal storage tank for a solar combisystem look like?

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

April 26, 2013

Residential solar combisystems provide domestic water heating and some percentage of space heating. Although less known than domestic hot water-only systems, combisystems can be practical and efficient if properly sized and designed.

Sioux Chief sponsors safe drinking water programs in Sudan

The company believes in the value of World Plumbing Day.

March 15, 2013

The company believes in the value of World Plumbing Day, an annual international event initiated by the World Plumbing Council, to celebrate the important role plumbing plays in the health and safety of modern society.