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Conserval heats U.S. military base with solar wall
Posted on April 14, 2008
We often get so focused on conventional solar PV or solar thermal heating that we forget about some of the other approaches out there, including one that claims to be the fastest solar payback on the planet. Conserval Engineering, based in Toronto, has for nearly 30 years been providing an air-based solar heating system, called SolarWall, to industrial- and commercial-scale building projects. It's basically a special metal cladding on the south-facing side of a building that converts heat from the sun into warm air that is circulated throughout the building.The company's most recent installa...
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