Manufacturing

for Plumbers, HVAC Contractors, Mechanical Contractors, Solar Companies, and Code Officials.

Topics will cover in detail what constitutes a quality, code-compliant, solar water heating system. Learn how to design and install a solar energy system for both domestic hot water and space heating needs! This two-day workshop covers solar resource fundamentals, solar thermal applications, components, codes, and standards for commercial and residential buildings.

Instructors: Kurt Koegel of SolarSkies Mfg, Ralph Jacobson of Innovative Power Systems, and Doug Manthey of Conservation Technologies

Minnesota State Fair Grounds (Saint Paul)
Grandstand Building, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days
*Free admission

Richard and Margie Irland selected H & H to install two SolarSkies collectors on their south facing roof for domestic water heating. This drain back system features an eighty gallon solar storage tank with built in heat exchanger IMC Eagle 1 solar control with display. System components are 100% American made products. H & H upgraded the homes' piping from the water main to the newly installed Hillenbrand water softener. A new softener ensures a longer life for both the solar hot water system and household appliances and faucets. Key to this installation was a convenient internal pipe run composed of abandoned galvanized stove pipes we located in an interior wall space cavity. This installation passed Focus on Energy and New Glarus City inspections. It was the first solar hot water installation in New Glarus.