Solar Thermal Equipment Manufacturers
American Energy Technologies, Inc.
1057 N. Ellis Road, Unit 4
Jacksonville, FL 32254
800/874-2190 (toll-free)
904/781-7000
904/781-1911 (fax)
aetbomin@aol.com
Manufacturer of copper-tube flat-plate collectors.
1940 Rutgers University Blvd.
Lakewood, NJ 08701
800/535-6307 (toll-free)
732/905-0440
732/905-9899 (fax)
One of the largest manufacturers of solar pool-heating collectors. Produce unglazed polypropylene collectors.
200 Wildcat Road
Downsview, Ontario
Canada M3J 2N5
416/661-7057
416/661-7146 (fax)
Manufacturer of Solarwall®low-temperature transpired solar collector for ventilation-air preheating on commercial and industrial buildings.
850 W. Morgan Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
919/832-3404
919/832-3339 (fax)
Developer of Power Roof™ high-temperature parabolic-trough solar collector system integrating solar hot water, space heating, daylighting, and solar absorption cooling. Recently entered agreement with Solel Solar Systems, Ltd. (which bought the Luz technology after that company folded) for manufacturing, licensing, and distribution collaboration on full range of Solel solar technologies. The first product to be introduced will be the CPC 2000, a compound parabolic concentrator collector for high-performance residential and commercial water heating.
2690 Middlefield Road
Redwood City, CA 94063
650/363-2690
650/363-2890 (fax)
Oldest manufacturer of solar water-heating equipment in the U.S.—since 1969. Manufacturer of pool-heating systems.
927 Fern Street, Suite 200
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
407/831-1941
407/831-1208 (fax)
heliocol@iag.net
Manufacturer of unglazed, polypropylene, solar pool-heating systems.
4910 Seaport Avenue
Richmond, CA 94804
510/237-9614
510/237-7018 (fax)
Manufacturer of flat-plate solar collectors and heat-transfer systems for domestic water heating, residential and commercial. Considered the top-of-the-line by catalog retailer Real Goods, which carries only two lines of solar water-heating systems.
3733 Kenora Drive
Spring Valley, CA 91977
800/552-8838 (toll-free)
619/460-3930
619/460-9211 (fax)
heliotrope@hg1.com
Manufacturer of electronic controllers for solar water-heating systems since 1974. Has introduced a simple draindown system, the Solar Sidebar™, that includes a PV-powered pump, controls, and connection kit for conventional electric water heater. Collectors are sourced from other manufacturers.
Industrial Solar Technology Corporation
4420 McIntyre Street
Golden, CO 80403
303/279-8108
303/279-8107 (fax)
Manufacturer of parabolic-trough concentrating solar collector systems for commercial and industrial water-heating applications, including absorption cooling.
PO Box 1540
Cedar Ridge, CA 95924
530/477-6527
530/477-0194 (fax)
Manufacturer of storage tanks used for solar water-heating systems.
R&R Services Solar Supply
1916 Democrat Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
808/842-0011
808/847-4938 (fax)
Manufacturer of copper-tube/absorber flate-plate collectors. Packages solar water-heating systems for sale throughout Hawaii.
2877 Industrial Parkway
Santa Maria, CA 93455
800/927-2326 (toll-free)
805/928-1881
805/928-5587 (fax)
radcoproducts@utech.com
Manufacturer of flat-plate solar collectors and complete drainback solar water-heating systems. Also produces a line of unglazed solar pool-heating systems.
2322 Arden Road
Hayward, CA 94545
800/451-6620 (toll-free)
510/887-8090
510/783-6817 (fax)
Company is primarily in the packaging business but produces a line of flat-plate solar collectors for pool heating.
World Corporate Headquarters
112 Pilbara Street, Welshpool
Western Australia 6106
+618/9458 6211
+618/9351 8034 (fax)
Australian manufacturer of thermosiphoning solar collector/tank systems. Producing solar water heaters since 1953 with installations in over 70 countries. There is currently no U.S. distributor.
SunEarth, Inc.
4315 Santa Ana Street
Ontario, CA 91761
800/776-5270 (toll-free)
909/605-5610
909/605-5613 (fax)
Manufacturer of solar water-heating equipment since 1978. Produces flat-plate solar collectors and ICS solar water-heating systems.
Sunsiaray Solar Manufacturing, Inc.
4414 N. Washburn Road
Davison, MI 48423
810/653-3502
810/653-9267 (fax)
Manufacturer of air-heating collector.
15716 N. 76th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
800/594-9669 (toll-free)
480/998-5858
480/998-0887 (fax)
Manufacturer of the Copper Sun™ integral collector storage (ICS) solar water heater. Designed for integration into roof, with flush-mounting and flashing detail for roofing right up to textured-glass cover plate. Offers 40-gallon and 50-gallon (150 l and 190 l) systems. Primarily pursuing builder market in the Sun Belt (not appropriate for heavy-freeze climates).
Sun Trapper Solar Systems, Inc.
12118 Radium Street
San Antonio, TX 78216
800/329-2001 (toll-free)
210/341-2001
210/341-2652 (fax)
suntrap@flash.net
Manufacturer of flate-plate collectors, tanks, and heat exchangers for residential and commercial drainback solar water-heating systems. In business since 1977; manufacturing plants in San Antonio, Texas and St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. New products include a stainless-steel tank that is resistant to liming, and a manufacturing system for site-building oversized commercial collectors.
626 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 711
Los Angeles, CA 90017
800/822-7652 (toll-free)
213/623-9797
213/623-2041 (fax)
info@sunutility.com
Distributor of evacuated-tube solar water-heating systems manufactured by Nippon Electric Glass. High-performance systems for residential and commercial water heating, space heating, cooling, and water pasteurization applications.
7637 S.W. 33rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97219
800/397-9651 (toll-free)
503/245-2661
503/245-0414 (fax)
Founded in 1979, the company packages and sells solar water-heating systems, buying components from manufacturers. Primarily offers drainback systems; sold throughout the West Coast as well as abroad.
PO Box 3887
Sarasota, FL 34230
941/953-2177
Integral collector-storage (ICS) systems with 6”-diameter (150 mm) copper pipes in glass-glazed collector; typically for solar preheating. Used extensively in Caribbean and Hawaiian hotels. Founded in 1974, the company has sold 8,000 systems of the current Progressive Tube line since introduction in 1982. Available from Real Goods.
44 Borden Avenue
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Canada B3B 1C8
902/468-1001
902/468-1002 (fax)
solarinfo@thermo-dynamics.com
Manufacturer of packaged solar water-heating system with flat-plate collector of fused copper tubing and aluminum absorber plate, conventional or PV-powered pump, thermosiphoning heat exchanger, tank, and mounting kit.
6193 Wooded Run Drive
Columbia, MD 21044
410/997-0778
410/997-0779 (fax)
A European company with manufacturing facilities in Italy, Northern Ireland, and Wales, Thermomax makes an evacuated-tube solar collector system using heat-pipe technology to transfer heat to manifold. (Heat pipes use a phase-change fluid to effect one-way heat flow, obviating the need for complex controls.) Standard-sized tubes are ganged together to produce any size system from small residential to large commercial. Typically configured into closed-loop anti-freeze system. Recently changed from black chrome selective absorber surface to an environmentally friendly titanium nitride oxide coating from Germany.
