CASE STUDY: BIG AL’S BREWERY
To cut energy costs, improve efficiency and grow their business, owners Alejandro and Noelle Brown of Big Al’s Brewery hired locally based Net Zero Impact to install a solar water heating system. It’s no surprise that brewing beer requires large volumes of hot water. At Big Al’s, a natural-gas fired kettle had to be left on all night to heat the water for brewing the next day. Now, thanks to two solar water heating tanks, evacuated tube collectors, and a high efficiency boiler, the hot water can be produced in about an hour.
CASE STUDY: BENEDICTINE HOSPITAL
To help offset the extensive energy use of the hospital, the Hudson Valley Heath Alliance announced the completion of New York’s first solar energy powered hospital, Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY. Organized by The Solar Energy Consortium (TSEC) and installed by EarthKind Solar, the 28 solar water heating collectors are used to heat water used throughout the hospital. The solar water heating system also reduces carbon emissions from the hospital. Congressman Hinchey (D-NY) helped TSEC receive federal grants totaling $428,000 to help the hospital fund the project.
New Report Shows Importance of Expanding Solar Heating and Cooling
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As a way to help bolster the U.S. economy, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today released a comprehensive new report outlining ways to create 50,250 new American jobs and save more than $61 billion in future energy costs by expanding the use of innovative and cost-effective solar heating and cooling (SHC) systems across the nation.
CASE STUDY: BARD COLLEGE SOLAR HEATING PROJECT
CASE STUDY: BARD COLLEGE SOLAR HEATING PROJECT
Solar Cooling
Solar Water Heating
Solar water heating is a clean, reliable and cost-effective technology that is reducing utility bills for thousands of homes and businesses. Today, Americans across the country are at work manufacturing and installing these systems that significantly reduce our dependence on imported fuels. We need smart policies to expand this fast-growing, job-producing sector.
Solar Heating and Cooling
Solar heating and cooling technologies collect the thermal energy from the sun and use this heat to provide hot water, space heating, cooling and pool heating for residential, commercial and industrial applications. These technologies displace the need to use electricity or natural gas.
New Report: 3rd Quarter U.S. Solar Energy Growth Highlighted by PV, Record Residential Installs
WASHINGTON D.C. -- GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) today released the U.S. Solar Market Insight: Third Quarter 2012. The report finds that the U.S. solar photovoltaics (PV) market installed 684 megawatts (MW) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2012, representing 44 percent growth over the same period last year. This quarter marked the third largest on record for the U.S.
Proposed SHC Changes to the International Residential Code by the ICC
Proposed SHC Changes to the International Residential Code by the ICC
Best Practices for U.S. SHC Policy at the State Level- IEA SHC 2012 Presentation
In July 2012 Mike Healy presented on behalf of SEIA at the International Energy Agency SHC conference in San Francisco. His presentation was on Best Practices for SHC Policy at the State Level in the U.S.