SOLAR Cooling
Solar irradiation and cooling demand match perfectly
Generating cold from hot water
Solar thermal cooling benefits from high irradiation during the day and the heat for driving the chiller can even be stored for evening hours
Solar energy is a solution that provides promising opportunities. It can be used in virtually all buildings to operate the cooling circuits and therefore to air-condition rooms. The cooling load is usually provided if solar energy is available and therefore the cooling demand of a building is approximately equivalent to the solar radiation. Solar air-conditioning systems are usually operated with entirely non-hazardous operating liquids such as water or brine solutions.
More than just cooling
Solar cooling plants are also used for hot water preparation all year round and space heating in winter
The economics of any large scale solar thermal plant can be improved substantially by integrating hot water supply all year round. Solar Hot Water is the most efficient solar technology. One single solar thermal plant can deliver hot water both for driving an absorption chiller machine for cooling and for sanitary hot water preparation.
Success Stories
SOLID installed solar hot water & heating energy systems around the globe. Here is a list of similar projects. Or you can click here to get back to our Success Story Overview.
IKEA – Cooling in Singapore
SOLID supports the air-conditioning system of IKEA in Singapore. The solar plant, with 2,472 m² of collector area and an absorption chiller with 250 RT/880 kW, cools the multi-storey building.
Digicel Office Cooling
Digicel is one of the leading Telcom providers in the Caribbean region and thus wanted state-of-the-art technology for its new office building in Kingston, Jamaica.
Shaik Zayed Desert Learning Center
The Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center (SZDLC) was realized as part of a a gigantic tourism project – a 400 hectare wildlife park and resort with hotels, theme parks, living
United World College, Singapur
The new campus was designed with support by SOLID’s concept for large-solar-thermal-systems, to fulfill the criteria of the Green Mark Platinum Certificate. The Green Mark Platinum certificate by the Building
Franziskus Hospital Hardberg
The solar thermal plant, with in total 790 m²/8,500 ft², supports the energy supply of domestic hot water system, heating system, air-conditioning system (via absorption chiller) and feeds solar heat
Bank Headquarters in Lisabon
Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) is a Portuguese state-owned banking corporation, and the second largest bank in Portugal. It was established in Lisbon in 1876. It’s large headquarters in Lisbon
Cooling for Desert Mountain High School
The desert of Arizona with its high solar irradiation requires a stable technology to cool down the heads of more than 4000 hard studying pupils. The desert’ sun was wisely
Hospital Managua
The military hospital in Managua is the most modern hospital in Nicaragua and serves both civil and military patients. As Nicaragua is heavily dependent on fossil fuel imports both for
Olympics sport center Qingdao
The International Olympic Committee has made a strong commitment to sustainability and minimizing its CO₂ emissions.
AVL List
The solar plant at AVL is Central Europe’s largest solar thermal system for industrial heating and cooling
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