Oventrop Solar Systems is a complete line of solar collectors, solar controls, radiant floor systems, and solar hot water storage tanks. The main components of the Oventrop Solar System are the evacuated glass tube collectors, The collector tubes have aluminum absorbers mounted in either 8 or 16 evacuated glass tubes. The absorber, coated with [...]
Solarsiedlung by Rolf Disch
“Maximizing the use of solar energy and minimizing heat loss” - Rolf Disch
The Solarsiedlung or “solar village” is Europe’s most modern solar housing project. Solarsiedlung is the housing portion of a larger development which also includes an office/housing block called Sonnenschiff (solarship). The project’s goals are to follow both the German Passive House and Plus [...]
Apricus Solar - Solar Hot Water
Apricus Solar is a Australian-Chinese joint venture company which designs, manufactures, and exports high quality thermal solar collectors, heat dissipation units, and related components. Their equipment was widely used by teams at the 2007 Solar Decathlon competition (9 houses used Apricus equipment) and they were one of the Top 10 Green Building Products of 2007.
The [...]
Heliotrop by Rolf Disch
The Heliotrop is a house and an office designed to be extremely responsive to the environment. The house’s distinguishing feature is that it is circular and rotates to track the movement of the sun. Even the name is derived from the Greek word meaning “turned towards the sun.” The house also meets the German Plusenergiehaus [...]