multi-family houses

November 15, 2018
PVT and seasonal storage: innovative technologies in Spain

Local production of PVT panels and systems which achieve high solar fractions by using seasonal storage: This is the main objective of Spanish start-up company Abora, based in Saragossa. It has already installed several hot water PVT systems at multi-family houses, sports centres and...
July 20, 2016
Ukraine: IT Company Building to Have Solar Drainback System

Lviv IT Cluster, one of Ukraine´s leading IT businesses, is currently building up a multi-family house for its employees that meets all the requirements for a smart property, including a modern heating system. It offers 72 flats on ten floors and is being built in Lviv, in western Ukraine....
March 3, 2015
Global view: Solar Thermal Markets Transitioning from Residential to Commercial

Change is coming to the world’s solar thermal markets: Single-family homes – currently the most important sales segment – are going to lose their significance in the future. Most solar thermal manufacturers across the globe predict their sales to be dominated by other...
February 3, 2015
France: Mixed Feelings about 2015 Industry Development

The solar thermal industry in France is going through difficult times: In 2014, market volume decreased again, this time by around 15 %, and business satisfaction among solar thermal system suppliers has been low. Both results are outcomes of the second one-day workshop held in Aix-les-...
January 2, 2015
Turkey: State Activities in Solar Thermal Market Difficult to Research

Multi-family houses with central solar hot water systems, such as the ones on the photo, have become increasingly common in Turkey. According to the latest survey among collector manufacturers, which was carried out by German agency solrico, more than half of the larger Turkish companies...
September 22, 2014
Study on Good Practices for Solar Water Heating in Multifamily Housing

This study analyses technological and social barriers against the use of solar water heating (SWH) systems and compile the best practice to select and take decisions on the design of a SWH system. Possible barriers are divided into 5 groups (hydraulic installations, entitlement to sunshine,...
September 19, 2014
Technical Guide for Architects and Designers: Centralized Systems for Multi-Family Houses- Chile

This technical guide provides explanations for architects and designers on the preparation and installation of centralized solar thermal systems in multi-family houses. It also investigates the architectural conditions, technical variables and minimum technical...
February 12, 2014
Germany: Multi-Family Houses Achieve High Yields

2013 was a very good solar year for the housing developer of 8-19 Kastenienplatz in Querfurt, a city in the east of Germany. The solar thermal system of the developer’s multi-family houses with 95 flats along 8-19 Kastanienplatz yielded a whopping 586 kWh/m² of collector area....
December 15, 2013
Germany: Solar House Trend towards Multi-Family Buildings

2013 will have been the first year in which the Sonnenhaus-Institut (Solar House Institute) has felt the effects of the general downward trend in the solar thermal market. According to...
November 26, 2013
Sweden: Multi-Family Buildings Use Low Return Temperatures to Optimise Solar Yield

A greater difference of supply and return temperature in a heating circuit increases the share of energy which can be utilised from a solar thermal system or another renewable energy source. With this in mind, Swedish company Alfa Laval developed the highly efficient heat interface unit...
April 15, 2013
France: SoCol Network Shares Best Practices for Multi-family Houses

Taking a close look at the SoCol network website - www.solaire-collectif.fr - will get you several useful documents on solar thermal best practices for multi-family buildings. First, there are the technical guide and the maintenance guide -...
March 26, 2013
France: High Solar Thermal Standing, But Shrinking Market

French people like solar thermal, but their wish to install a system seems to hardly come true. According to a recent survey among 1,008 persons, which was conducted by French survey company Ifop in January 2013, 5% claim to own a solar water heater and 4% a combined system for hot water...