Category Archives: solar thermal engineering

California’s CSI Thermal rebate for commercial applications may be generous, but the three program administrators aren’t just writing checks for people to go solar thermal. Like any state incentive, there are specific requirements, and one of the biggest is performance … Continue reading →

Solar thermal advocacy organization, Eneref Institute, has begun to compile solar thermal case studies that are finding their way into the trade publications that serve various solar thermal applications. When it comes to media attention, solar thermal is often referred … Continue reading →

Update: A few weeks after writing this post California’s Public Utility Commission (CPUC) did raise the rebate rates for its CSI Thermal program.  Despite a huge pot of incentive dollars available for commercial and residential solar hot water, California’s entire … Continue reading →

One of the ways that solar thermal can grow exponentially in the U.S. is through its widespread installation and use by the U.S. military.  According to the solar thermal advocacy organization, Eneref Institute, the Department of Defense ’s (DoD’s) domestic … Continue reading →

We like music here at Free Hot Water. Who doesn’t.  And we also like metaphors. So, we thought we’d metaphorically and musically show you the difference between good solar thermal engineering… and bad solar thermal engineering with help of the … Continue reading →

Although Free Hot Water offers OG-300 residential systems and pre-engineered commercial solar thermal systems, there will still be times when solar thermal installers and construction firms need a solar thermal engineer. Sometimes it’s as simple as freeing installers from putting … Continue reading →