Solar heating news articles 
BPEC VENTILATION COURSE
Johnson & Starley, has announced initial 2012 Training Days for installers covering boiler, warm air heating and ventilation technology, including BPEC courses. The company is also recognised by CIBSE as a CPD (Continuing Professional Development) course provider. Courses are run at the company’s Head Office Training Centre in Northampton. The BPEC (British Plumbing Employers Council) Domestic Ventilation Systems two-day course is designed ... [more]
Successful Aquatherm Industries solar pool heaters production
Aquatherm Industries has manufactured and shipped a combined 25 million square feet of its Sunlite™ and Ecolite™ solar pool heater collectors/panels, reaching a milestone in the production of its solar pool heating systems. If stretched end-to-end, the tubing the collectors are composed of could circle the Earth two-and-a-half times. A breakthrough in solar pool heating technology when introduced a decade ago in 2000, Sunlite™ and its vente... [more]
The RHPP is good news for people living in off mains gas areas
The Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme, which will run until 31 March 2012is the forerunner of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), due to be introduced in October 2012. The scheme is designed to help consumers afford renewable technologies, such as solar thermal, heat pumps and biomass boilers. The RHPP grants are worth £300 for solar thermal, which can be installed in any home, either on or off mains gas. For homes in off mains gas... [more]
Renewable Heat Premium Payment helps consumers afford renewable technologies
The Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme – the forerunner of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), due to be introduced in October 2012 –will run until 31 March 2012. The scheme is designed to help consumers afford renewable technologies, such as solar thermal, heat pumps and biomass boilers. The RHPP grants are worth £300 for solar thermal, which can be installed in any home, either on or off mains gas. For homes in off mains gas area... [more]
BHE Services invest in renewable energy and environmental sustainability
BHE Services’ underlying philosophy may not have changed in 40 years, but its services and operations certainly have. BHE Services (Bolton) Ltd., has marked its 40th anniversary by revealing plans for its newly launched Renewable Energy Services division. Managing Director Mike Robinson said that the company’s most important achievements would always stem from its long-standing commitment to core values such as responsibility, customer service... [more]
Other Solar heating news and reviews
Don't Count Out Solar Water Heating, It's a $123 Billion Dollar Market
According to a new SEPA report titled “Heating Up: The Impact of Third Party Business Models on the US Market for Solar Water and Space Heating,” Sixteen percent of the 110 million U.S. households are suitable for solar thermal systems, also referred to as solar domestic hot water systems. The report states that at given
Medical Center to Save Money With Chromasun Solar Enhanced Gas Air-Conditioning System -- Largest in California to Date
DANVILLE, CA-- - Chromasun, the leading commercial rooftop solar solutions company, today unveiled construction of a solar and natural gas powered air-conditioning project at Crow Canyon Medical Center ...
New tool for analyzing solar-cell materials
To make a silicon solar cell, you start with a slice of highly purified silicon crystal, and then process it through several stages involving gradual heating and cooling. But figuring out the tradeoffs involved in selecting the purity level of the starting silicon wafer — and then exactly how much to heat it, how fast, for how long, and so on through each of several steps — has largely been a ...
What Your Family Needs to Know About Solar Powered Homes, Gadgets and More in New York
Embracing solar is easier than you think.
Apartments get grant for solar heating
SALEM — The Salem Heights apartments at 12 Pope St. will get a new solar-powered heating system, thanks to a grant from the charitable arm of TD Bank. The TD Charitable Foundation announced this week that it will award a $100,000 "Housing for Everyone" grant to Preservation of Affordable Housing, the Boston-based nonprofit that owns the 283-unit Salem Heights apartment complex.
Comment on Solar thermal advocates say Colorado is perfect for taking the heat
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MIT: New tool for analyzing solar-cell materials
( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) An online tool called "Impurities to Efficiency" (known as I2E) allows companies or researchers exploring alternative manufacturing strategies to plug in descriptions of their planned materials and processing steps. After about one minute of simulation, I2E gives an indication of exactly how efficient the resulting solar cell would be in converting ...
Six Tips to Save on Home Heating
Take the chill out of winter with these money-smart tips to save energy in your home.
Adam Capital Launches Promise Energy to Deliver Scalable Solution for Commercial Solar Hot Water Market
New financing program offers no-money-down solar water heating for qualified multifamily building owners in California.Sonoma, CA (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 Adam Capital Clean Energy Asset Finance LLC, a leader in the clean energy lending space, today announced the launch of Promise Energy, an affiliated solar hot water development company, to provide full-service design, engineering ...
Winery-Contractor Turned Solar Mogul
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new player in the solar game has arrived: his name is Al Hernandez of Al's Wine and he has a newly acquired penchant for solar. Al's wine cellar constructing ...
