Solarnor
One of the major challenges today is to stabilize or reduce the consumption of fossil energy carriers such as coal, oil or gas. The future of our environment is becoming a pressing issue where the only feasible alternative is the utilization of renewable energy sources. This critical step will not be realized without your contribution!
Solar energy represents an obvious choice for reducing the dependency on conventional fuels and energy carriers with large environmental impacts. A substantial fraction of the total energy used world wide serves the need for heat at relatively low temperatures, either for space and domestic water heating or for air-conditioning of buildings. Other substantial applications for low temperature heat are found in industry and services.
The Objective
The SOLARNOR solar heat system is designed with the objective to offer solar energy at competitive conditions relative to conventional energy sources. The SOLARNORcollector is a standard building element which can substitute for usual roof- or facade cover materials. The modular structure opens for flexible adaptions to various architectural solutions. We offer architecturally appealing surfaces with the added value of being an energy supplier to the building or construction. In properly designed solar heating systems each square meter of collector area delivers between 250-700 kWh per year (dependent on location).
Operation
The solar system is operating automatically by means of a pump controller. It is a drain-back system. In periods without possibility for solar harvesting, the controller stops the circulation and the liquid in the collectors is draining within few minutes.
Integration and Flexibility
Due to high flexibility, the SOLARNOR-system can be used in different scales, from small tap-water systems for private houses to large industrial or institutional systems with hundreds or thousands of square-meters of collector area.
The preferable application for one family houses is combined solar heating systems for domestic hot water (DHW) and radiant floor heating systems. A comparably low price makes the SOLARNOR collector to a tempting choice in large applications (hotels, hospitals, sport arenas and commercial or industrial buildings).