Unfortunately, solar thermal installations don’t receive much attention in the media, so Free Hot Water offers this run down of some notable solar thermal success stories that we’ve recently seen in the US market. Clif Bars’ HQ and Test Kitchens … Continue reading
Last month at Solar Power International 2013, Doug Stingle, Development Director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, sat down with representatives of two Chicago area businesses that have benefited from solar hot water. His first guest, Michael Burton, is … Continue reading
During the summer of 2013, the state of Minnesota passed a new incentive for commercial and residential solar water heating. However, the program budget is small and it requires components to be made in Minnesota. The good news is that … 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
Gal Moyal, Free Hot Water’s chief engineer, was recently featured in an article in Solar Power World, but as often happens, only a few of his written answers were used for the final article. But we thought his responses were … Continue reading
It’s often said that it’s an honor to be nominated…but the Free Hot Water team feels even more honored and excited to announce that it has won the 2013 Intersolar North America Project Award for our 15th St Solar Thermal … 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
If you’re attending Intersolar in San Francisco this July, be sure to set time aside to attend the Solar Heating and Cooling: Innovations & Applications session. That’s when Gal Moyal, Free Hot Water’s chief engineer and CEO, will present a … Continue reading
Is solar thermal now cost-competitive with natural gas heating and hot water for apartment buildings? As Free Hot Water recently found out, the answer is… yes! One of Free Hot Water’s new clients, Barak Jolish, a San Francisco building developer, … 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
