SunWater Solar has been installing a Cogenra system at the new Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
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San Jose Green Vision Solar Showcase
The SunWater Solar team has been working recently with friends from Schuco, another leading solar technology company, to construct a solar hot water demonstration project that will be part of an upcoming showcase of solar technologies in San Jose. The City of San Jose’s “Green Vision Solar Showcase Center” will be located across the street [...]
Launch of the CSI-Thermal Program Multifamily/Commercial Rebate
After many months of consultation with solar thermal industry experts, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently launched the much-anticipated California Solar Initiative-Thermal (CSI-T) rebate for multifamily and commercial solar water heating systems. We at SunWater Solar are excited that the rebate is now live and that our input was valuable to those who developed [...]
Solar Hot Water at the White House
We at SunWater have been closely following the national campaign to encourage President Obama to install solar technology at the White House. The campaign achieved a milestone today when the White House announced plans to install both solar hot water and solar PV systems by spring 2011. A solar hot water system did grace the [...]
The Advantages of Solar Thermal Over Natural Gas for Heating Water
Natural gas has been a popular fuel source in the U.S for well over 100 years. From providing light, to heating homes, to powering entire industries, it has played a major role in the country’s modernization. As long as it can be safely and cleanly extracted and transported to end-users, natural gas should and will [...]
SunWater Solar & Chromasun Install Solar Air Conditioning at Solar Decathlon House
In California’s Silicon Valley, innovation has long been the catalyst that propels products, technologies and companies from the garage or lab to the dizzying heights of success. Achieving that success requires innovators to first catch lightning in a bottle, and then find the right partners to help release it one spark at a time. This [...]
Williams Selyem Winery Goes Solar Thermal with SunWater Solar
Renowned vintners Williams Selyem Winery announced this week the opening of a new winery in Healdsburg, California. Notable green features of the new 28,000 square foot facility include a green roof of native grasses and a solar PV system, as well as a solar thermal system installed by SunWater Solar. The system is powered by [...]
SunWater Solar to Participate in City of San Jose Employee Solar Group Buy Program
As announced today by the San Jose Credit Union, a first-of-its-kind solar group buy program has put low-cost solar thermal into the hands of 130 San Jose employees and retirees. This group buy program is unique because it is the first such program in the U.S. that allows members of an organization – rather than [...]
New Solar Water Heater Rebate from the CEC
Solar hot water is now a better deal than ever thanks to the California Energy Commission (CEC). On July 28 the CEC announced an expansion of the Cash for Appliances rebate program, which offers incentives for solar water heaters. Beginning July 29, consumers who purchase a qualifying solar water heater, apply within 120 days of [...]
Intersolar North America 2010
The SunWater Solar crew, along with thousands of exhibitors and attendees from the national and international solar industry, was in attendance this week at the Intersolar trade show in San Francisco. This event is the place to check out some of the latest and greatest products hitting the solar industry, and hear all the latest [...]
SF Environment Green Energy Fair and Solar Thermal Tour
SF Environment is having a Green Energy Fair on Saturday, June 26, from 10am-3pm at the Golden Gate Park bandshell in San Francisco. As part of the fair, they are offering bus tours of several San Francisco sites that are currently using solar water heating. SunWater Solar is pleased that one of our solar thermal [...]
Making hot water from the sun...
SunWater Solar is a design/build company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in solar water heating systems. The company provides these systems for many types of commercial projects. More»
Highlights
Cogenra System at Facebook
Solar Water Heating for U.S. Marine Corps
SunWater Solar is now building 4 Heliodyne SWH systems at an east coast Marine Corps base
Storage Strategies
Current issue of SolarPro magazine, featuring Justin Weil on cover and SunWater Solar article on solar storage
Solar Cooling for Medical Center
Crow Canyon Medical Center announced a Chromasun solar cooling system built by SunWater Solar
Solar Water Heating at Kendall-Jackson Winery
Cogenra & SunWater Solar teamed up to build this 96-module system at KJ Winery
