Author:Duncan Mavin
Source: The Financial Post (FP1 and FP3)
HONG KONG -With Beijing's futuristic Olympic venues drawing almost as much attention as the athletes on show, a private Canadian solar power company is hoping that having its product provide energy to the Games will boost its standing in the rapidly growing global solarpower sector. Conserval Engineering Inc., a 30-year-old renewable energy business based in Toronto, has installed two of its SolarWall panels in the Beijing Olympic Village, including a cutting-edge hybrid solar system that generates both electricity and heat energy.

Source: The Military Engineer(July - August 2008)
In late 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) commissioned a $3 million retrofit program to upgrade 27 buildings at Fort Drum, N.Y., with solar air heating systems.  The project used SolarWall technology, which heats the ventilation and makeup air required in vehicle maintenance garages, warehouses, hangars and other buildings, thereby displacing the traditional heating load, energy costs and emissions.

Source: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Monthly Newsletter - Natural Elements (Issue 28, August 2008)
A new, Canadian-developed heat and power solar technology will be showcased at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The combined SolarWall® and photovoltaic (PV) panels system is housed on the roof of what will be a service centre and health clinic for the Olympic athletes in Beijing. This new system generates 200-300% more energy than a conventional PV system — and together with other energy-efficiency measures — will translate into a 75% decrease in the building’s total energy use, compared to that of a regular commercial Chinese building.

Source: Solar Industry Magazine (Volume 1, Number 7) August 2008
Author: Charles W. Thurston
Industrial, commercial and residential customers seeking to harness more solar energy than that provided by conventional solar systems are creating a new level of demand for hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems within the green-building boom.

Author: John Hollick, Conserval Engineering
SolarWall® solar heaters are ideally suited for preheating fresh air required in buildings. Heat recovery ventilators (HRV) and heat wheels are designed to recover heat from exhaust air to also preheat fresh air. Designers have asked whether the two technologies can work together and, if so, what economic and technical issues need to be addressed.

Source: The Toronto Star (July 28th 2008, Business Section)
Author: Tyler Hamilton
A new rooftop solar-energy system installed recently in Beijing Olympic Village didn't come from some hot new Silicon Valley start-up, or an established player in Germany's world-leading solar industry. It came from the Toronto area, baby!

Source: Pushing the Envelope - (An Ontario Building Envelope Council publication) Spring 2008
Victoria Hollick, VP of Operations at Conserval Engineering, talks about what the power of the sun can do for you (Q&A).

Source: North American Clean Energy (July-August 2008)
SolarDuct is a new line of rooftop solar air heating and PV/thermal systems based on Conserval's SolarWall system.  This modular technology has been specifically engineered for roof settings where a traditional wall mounted system is not feasible.

Source: SOLutions Magazine (Spring/Summer 2008)
Now, this statement may seem obvious and rudimentary, but reflect on how often the "renewable generation of electricity" completely dominates the energy discussion, while overlooking the idea of "renewable generation of heat." The result is policy recommendations that are at best, only half complete because they are missing a large part of the problem, as well as an opportunity for cost effective energy and CO2 displacement.

Source: North American Clean Energy (May-June 2008)
The largest collection of solar air heated buildings in the world, located at Fort Drum, NY, now employs Canadian-made SolarWall technology. Fifty, Conserval SolarWall systems (totalling over 10,000 square metres) have been installed on 27 military buildings and will collectively generate over 4MW of peak thermal energy.