SunWater Solar has been installing a Cogenra system at the new Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
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An article in last week’s San Francisco Chronicle did a great job describing the growing trend of multifamily buildings in the U.S. “going green” in various ways, including the adoption of solar water heating. The article describes several factors that are driving the fast growth of green technology use by multifamily buildings. These factors include: [...]
The SunWater Solar crew has been hard at work this week launching construction of the Cogenra solar thermal/PV system we are installing on the fitness center at Facebook’s new campus in Menlo Park, Calif. This week SunWater Solar cut into the roof, lifted materials to the roof and began building out the blocking and sleepers [...]
Great news from the CSI-Thermal Program Administrators! Administrators announced yesterday that the CSI-Thermal rebate for low income multifamily buildings will increase to $19.23 per therm offset – 150% of the current incentive level ($12.82 per therm offset). The new, higher incentive will take effect March 29, 2012, and makes solar water heating an even more financially attractive proposition [...]
Since the spring of 2011, we at SunWater have been busily generating new solar thermal-related content, discussing website layout and architecture, and selecting our best project images and case studies. These efforts recently came to fruition with the launch of SunWater Solar’s refreshed, revamped company website. The new website features lots of great photographs, case [...]
SunWater Solar was pleased to take part in the USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council) Silicon Valley’s program “Solar Thermal- Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Cold!” on July 12, 2011. Chris Chappell, Director of Sales at SunWater Solar, gave an overview of how solar thermal technology utilizes the sun’s energy, rather than fossil fuels, to generate low-cost, environmentally friendly thermal energy. Joining Chris in the presentation was Sargon Ishaya, President of Pragmatic Professional Engineers, who discussed solar thermal and its use in solar cooling applications. Also presenting was Nick Stimmel, Program Administrator for PG&E’s CSI-Thermal (California Solar Initiative-Thermal) Program, who discussed the CSI-T incentive structure and current program statistics.
SunWater Solar and the Chinatown Community Development Center (CDC) today announced the completion of a new solar water-heating system at Larkin Pine Senior Housing, a San Francisco affordable housing development home to 90 seniors. The system’s 40 Schuco Performance solar thermal collectors will meet up to 70% of the building’s hot water load and offset [...]
SunWater Solar is proud to have partnered with Chromasun and others on this 60-collector solar hot water system installed at Santa Clara University (SCU) in Santa Clara, California. The 60 Chromasun MCT collectors will generate an estimated 6,727 therms of energy for water heating at SCU’s Benson Center cafeteria. For more details you can read [...]
SunWater Solar yesterday attended a client kick-off meeting for a commercial solar hot water system we’ll soon install on an 11-story multifamily building in Santa Clara County, California. The first part of the installation will involve removing the building’s existing solar hot water system, which has been in service for the last quarter century. The [...]
We put out a press release today announcing the completion of a 28-collector system we designed and built for the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda. Here is the text of the press release: RICHMOND, Calif., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – SunWater Solar today announced the completion of a solar water-heating system installed at [...]
SunWater Solar’s Justin Weil and Chris Chappell joined colleagues from throughout the solar thermal industry last week for a workshop hosted by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Held at CPUC headquarters in San Francisco, this event attracted leading solar thermal manufacturers, installers and integrators, along with energy consultants and representatives from utility companies and [...]
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»
SunWater Solar has been installing a Cogenra system at the new Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
SunWater Solar is now building 4 Heliodyne SWH systems at an east coast Marine Corps base
Current issue of SolarPro magazine, featuring Justin Weil on cover and SunWater Solar article on solar storage
Crow Canyon Medical Center announced a Chromasun solar cooling system built by SunWater Solar
Cogenra & SunWater Solar teamed up to build this 96-module system at KJ Winery
