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SolarWall case studies provide examples on how companies, institutions, and municipalities have used the SolarWall technologies to achieve a variety of goals, such as reducing energy costs, greenhouse gas (GHG) displacement, improved indoor air quality and educational awareness.

 

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SolarDuct Systems
Toyota Car Dealership (Oviedo Spain) type: pdf | size: 160 kB

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solarduct toyota spain oviedo Year: 2010
Location: Oviedo, Spain
Summary: The installation for the Toyota dealership in Oviedo Spain is comprised of 30 SolarDuct® modules, organized in six rows, five modules per row. The total collector area is 66m2 (710 ft2), and is designed to heat 4000m3/h. The SolarDuct® system is estimated to reduce GHGs by 4.6 tons of CO2 each year, and deliver 60 GJ of renewable energy annually.

SolarWall Systems
Place Nolintype: pdf | size: 175 kB

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solarwall place nolin multi residential building solar air heating Year: 2010
Location: Northern Ontario
Summary: Place Nolin’s south facing wall was available, making it both cost-effective and esthetically-attractive to design a SolarWall® system that wrapped around the entire south-east, south and south-west facing walls of the building. The color of the system was Oak Brown; to match the building’s existing exposed brick. The total size of the SolarWall® system is 4,435 ft2.

Goldcorp’s Musselwhite Minetype: pdf | size: 156 kB

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solarwall Goldcorp’s Musselwhite Mine Year: 2010
Location: Northern Ontario
Summary: Goldcorp’s Musselwhite SolarWall® system is projected to offset 590 MWh (2,1420 GJ) of propane consumption (equaling $52,000 annual savings) and keep over 123 tonnes of CO2 (annually) out of the atmosphere.

NREL - Research Support Facilitytype: pdf | size: 223 kB

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NREL solarwall colorado Year: 2010
Location: Colorado
Summary: NREL’s RSF is the largest Net Zero building in the US with 800+ staff and aiming for LEED Platinum Plus rating from the USGBC. The RSF was designed to use 50% less energy than a standard office building, and incorporates a number of green innovations such as day lighting, natural ventilation, building integrated PV and a SolarWall solar air heating system.

Fred Douglas Placetype: pdf | size: 198 kB

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fred douglas multi residential solarwall winnipeg Year: 2009
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Summary: The final SolarWall® design consisted of 6 columns (5 south-facing, 1 west-facing) integrated into the high-rise building between the windows.  The system is Metro Brown (closely matching the window surround) and spans 3,555ft2 over 14 stories.

Northern Arizona University Distance Learning Centertype: pdf | size: 201 kB

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Owens corning solarwall toronto Year: 2009
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Summary: In order to achieve LEED® status they implemented a variety of green technologies. The most prominent green technology being a south-facing SolarWall® solar air heating system.  The  SolarWall® system was chosen because it provides fresh solar heated ventilation air in the winter, and acts as a shading screen during the summer.

Stevens Point Municipal Airporttype: pdf | size: 143 kB

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Owens corning solarwall torontoYear: 2009
Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Summary:  Stevens Point Mayor Andrew Halverson praised the new SolarWall® installation stating "We want to be a leader in sustainability issues," and the project was a way for the city to put "its money where its mouth is" on energy-saving and environmentally friendly projects.

Jaguar / Land Rover Academytype: pdf | size: 182 kB

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Owens corning solarwall torontoYear: 2009
Location: Leamington Spa, England
Summary:  When Jaguar / Land Rover set out to renovate an existing building into a technical training academy one of their primary objectives was to showcase sustainability in building design; a SolarWall® solar air heating system was chosen to meet the building’s sustainability and fresh air ventilation goals.

Owens Corningtype: pdf | size: 160 kB

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Owens corning solarwall torontoYear: 2009
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Summary:  The SolarWall® system at the Owens Corning manufacturing facility in Toronto, Canada was the largest SolarWall® / solar air heating system installed in North America in 2008

Assiniboine Credit Uniontype: pdf | size: 177 kB

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Assiniboine Credit Union winnipeg manitoba solarwall PV/TYear: 2009
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Summary:  One of the most visible green technologies is the ACU’s SolarWall® solar air heating system. The black SolarWall® is emblazed with the ACU logo that is visible at the front of the building. This wall is so well integrated into the building design that it is often believed to be a stylized architectural feature. 

Elipse BLC, Latviatype: pdf | size: 306 kB

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Elipse BLC Riga Latvia SolarWallYear: 2009
Location: Riga, Latvia
Summary: The completed SolarWall® system is one of the largest in Europe, delivering more than 1MW of thermal energy and projected to displace over 400 tons of CO2 each year.

Flin Flon General Hospitaltype: pdf | size: 212 kB

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Flin Flon General Hospital SolarWallYear: 2009
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Summary: The SolarWall® system at the Flin Flon General Hospital is projected to displace approximately 1,523 GJ of energy a year, and reduce CO2 emissions by 106 tons annually. This is the equivalent of taking 21+ cars and light trucks off the road.

MDS Nordiontype: pdf | size: 85 kB

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Year: 2008
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Summary: As part of MDS Nordion's award winning green environmental policy, they sought out the finest technologies with proven results in reducing energy consumption & greenhouse emissions. After analyzing the technology (meeting all of their criteria, plus an attractive ROI) a SolarWall was approved in late 2007 and completed in 2008.

Greater Sudbury Housing Corporationtype: pdf | size: 110 kB

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Sudbury housing multi residential solarwallYear: 2008
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
Summary: The SolarWall system is projected to displace approximately 2,162GJ of energy a year, and reduce 186 tons of CO2 emissions annually. Displaced heating cost savings were estimated at over $23,200 per year at 2007 energy prices.

Sainsbury Distribution Centertype: pdf | size: 1 MB

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SolarWall Sainsbury Distribution Center, Pineham - UKYear: 2008
Location: Pineham, UK
Summary: The SolarWall air heating technology was awarded a 2007 World Green Business Award in the category of "Best Use of a Product Design" for its involvement in the Pineham Sainsbury Distribution Center.

US Military - Fort Drumtype: pdf | size: 476 kB

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Year: 2008
Location: New York
Summary: The world's largest collection of solar air heated buildings, generating 4MW of thermal energy and displacing 2,000 tons of CO2/year, is now found at the U.S. Military Base of Ft. Drum.

Greater Toronto Airport Authoritytype: pdf | size: 746 kB

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SolarWall LEED silver certified building at Greater Toronto Airport Authority in Toronto OntarioYear: 2007
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Summary: One of the most architecturally striking SolarWall projects on an award winning LEED Silver Certified building at the Toronto International Airport.

Krause Planttype: pdf | size: 375 kB

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SolarWall installation inPoland for the Krause PlantYear: 2007
Location: Poland
Summary: The installation of Europe’s largest solar air heating system has just been completed in western Poland. With 2,000 square meters (over 20,000 square feet) of solar paneling, this system alone will displace 65 tons of CO2 each year, yielding a payback of less than 5 years.

PotashCorptype: pdf | size: 251 kB

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Owens corning solarwall torontoYear: 2006
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Summary:  PotashCorp, being at the forefront of their industry, sought out SolarWall, the leader in the solar thermal air heating industry for a practical, environmentally friendly way to manage their fresh air ventilation needs.

Hibbing Courthouse Annextype: pdf | size: 129 kB

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Hibbing Annex Courthouse SolarWallYear: 2006
Location: St. Louis County, Minnesota
Summary: The Hibbing Courthouse Annex was designed to be a "Green Building" that used less energy, and was more efficient to operate. The Hibbing Annex was a positive re-use of an existing facility, made better by new technology, such as Conserval Engineering’s SolarWall, the world leading solar air heating and ventilation system.

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