The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently made a presentation about the usage of solar thermal as a food drying and processing technology. In terms of industrial food processing, solar thermal and solar hot water are commonly at vineyards and … Continue reading
If you’re looking for generous solar thermal rebates, North Carolina has a new 35% state tax credit that can be used for North Carolina’s many food processing plants, private universities, pork and dairy farms, hotels, apartment buildings, and more. The … Continue reading
Noted architect Larry Speck helped found the architecture program at the University of Texas and is best known for his designs for the Austin Convention Center and Austin International Airport. While Speck lives in Big Oil country, he advocates for … Continue reading
It’s official: Solar process heating applications are now eligible for California’s CSI Thermal incentive. That means that up to $500,000 is available for commercial process heat technologies, which include solar space heating, solar air conditioning, or multi-family/commercial combination solar heating, … Continue reading
It’s exciting to see what’s next in architecture and how young architects are integrating solar hot water and solar heating into their building designs. Below are several video examples from the 2013 Solar Decathlon, an international competition that invites colleges … Continue reading
Free Hot Water is now manufacturing custom commercial outdoor skid pump stations at our San Jose, California headquarters. These high volume solar thermal pump stations are designed and engineered for commercial and industrial applications, such as heating hot water for … Continue reading
Over the past few months, Free Hot Water has received some significant press for our Solar Thermal+PV apartment complex on 15th St. in San Francisco. The reason for all of this attention is because our engineers designed a solar heating … Continue reading
On a recent winter trip to New York City, I was eager to find images of solar thermal and to seeing many of the city’s apartment building rooftops taking advantage of solar hot water. Solar thermal applications in New York … Continue reading
by Chris Williams We can use simple, effective, and proven policies that have been used to supercharge the New England solar PV industry to incentivize renewable thermal technologies and eliminate oil use for single family homes. Here’s the best part, … Continue reading
Often when you think of commercial water heating systems, you may think of the obvious: Apartment buildings, hotels, Laundromats, and pool heating. However, when you take a look at the U.S. Department of Energy’s registry of projects in their Utility … Continue reading
