CAPCO Solar Handbooks
Solar Links
Solar Ratings and Certification Corporation
www.solar-rating.org
This website provides all of the collector panel ratings. This website includes the rating guidelines and the procedures for performing the ratings. This information allows you to compare one collector versus another.
Buderus
www.buderussolar.com
This website provides in-depth information for all of the solar product offerings from Buderus.
Caleffi
www.caleffi.us
We encourage you to download and read the “idronics” 3rd issue entitled What’s New Under The Sun. Caleffi provides a very easy to understand yet comprehensive essay about Thermal Solar and its various applications. Caleffi carries many solar components but does not currently carry any collectors.
Oventrop Solar
www.oventrop-na.net
Oventrop offers a complete thermal solar package utilizing there evacuated tube collector. Oventrop has a flat panel collector being rated by the SRCC. Due date to the market has not yet been given.
Viessmann
www.viessmann.us
Viessmann offers three complete thermal solar packages with several storage tank options. Their website for documentation requires a Login and Password. We have added the below PDF files of their solar documentation. Contact us for directions on establishing a Login and Password to their website.
State and Federal Tax Incentives
www.dsireusa.org
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) is an ongoing project of the North Carolina Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). This website allows you to search Federal and State specific tax incentives for Thermal Solar as well as other renewable energy systems.
