By Ms. Andrea Takash (USACE) Source: Army.mil 

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HARRISBURG, PA - As the sun beats down on one of the biggest buildings in the country, solar thermal collectors go to work providing enough heat for a 1.7 million square foot warehouse. Spread across more than 40 acres, the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) Eastern Distribution Center in New Cumberland, Pa., provides critical supplies for the military stationed overseas. DLA needed an alternative, cost-saving way to provide heat for this massive warehouse. 

Source: Europe Parlementaire  Published: October 2012  By: Philipe Pelaprat

Originally created in Canada, the solar air heating technology contributes in reducing energy consumption by offsetting the heating load used in buildings by using the sun. The SolarWall’s efficiency has been shown through several projects in France. 

Source: Green Building & Sustainable Strategies Published: January 2012 By: Saul Chernos

Next time you travel to Stratford in southwestern Ontario to get your fix of Shakespeare, look carefully at the walls of the Avon Theatre. Not only does the black cladding stand out visually, but it's tapping the sun to heat the building. Conventional fuel-based heating systems pipe in cold outside air and then warm it up. On the other hand, solar air heating systems like the one lining the Avon Theatre convert solar radiation into hot air before it enters the building and reaches indoor heating and ventilation equipment.

Source: Red River College Blog Published: 01/18/2012

It’s one of the largest industrial training facilities in Manitoba, and it’s also now officially one of the province’s most environmentally-friendly buildings.
Red River College is happy to announce its Heavy Equipment Transportation Centre (HETC) has become one of the first education centres in Manitoba to receive LEED® certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).

Source: Williams Lake Tribune Published: January 10 By Monica Lamb-Yorski
A new SolarWall on the east side of Williams Lake Secondary School will cut energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday Sep. 21, 2011 By: Rasha Mourtada
Think of the biggest energy cost for a typical Canadian business - one running multiple computers and keeping the lights on at all hours. It's electricity, right? Wrong.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF) today inaugurated a solar installation on the wall of its facility in Valenciennes, France which produces the Yaris (Vitz) for Europe.

"This innovative technology will contribute to reducing CO2 emissions by the plant," the automaker said in a statement. TMMF is one of five plants designated by Toyota worldwide to develop pioneering initiatives towards sustainable manufacturing.

Source: Airport Improvement (05/06/2011 P28-31) By: Robert Nordstrom
At Plattsburgh International Airport (PBG) in upstate New York, heating accounted for 60% of overall energy costs. But a fully funded solar project slated for completion in late April is expected to slash next winter's heating bills. Airport manager Tom Long describes the predicament: "Several buildings at the airport were unmarketable because the utility bills were so high. We have a 166,000-square foot hangar with an annual heating cost of $355,000. No one wants to rent with utility bills like that. So we started looking for ways to drop the heating load and offset these costs."

Source: Construction Canada (May 2011) By: Birgit Siber, B. Arch., OAA, RAIC, LEE

When the ribbon was cut earlier this year to open the CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory at Hamilton's McMaster Innovation Park (MIP), that ceremonial snip ushered in nothing less than a new approach to laboratory and industrial research facility design. Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) wanted its football field¬sized lab complex to be a showpiece of sustainable technology in the heart of the country's steel sector. As a centre of metallurgical research and development to support industry, CANMET's message would be unequivocal-industry can rise to the challenge and lead by example to counter the effects of climate change.

Source: Logging and Sawmilling Journal  (April 2011) By: Paul MacDonald
In British Columbia, a pilot project using a solar hybrid kiln to dry lumber has delivered good results - and offers the potential of savings for a forest industry that is always looking to cut its energy costs.