Solar Thermal Heating

Solar heaters, or solar thermal systems, provide environmentally friendly heat for household water, space heating, and swimming pools. The systems collect the sun’s energy to heat air or a fluid. The air or fluid then transfers solar heat directly or indirectly to your home, water, or pool. Solar water heaters, sometimes called solar domestic hot-water systems, may be a good investment for you and your family.

Solar water heaters and solar space heaters are made up of solar collectors, and all systems except pool heaters have some kind of storage. In pool systems, the swimming pool itself is the storage, and the pool’s filtration pump circulates the pool water through the collectors. Active systems also have circulating pumps and controls; passive systems work without this added equipment.

Three types of solar collectors are used for residential applications: flat-plate, integral collector-storage (ICS), and evacuated-tube collectors. GenPro specializes in flat-plate collectors from Solar Skies, as these are currently the most cost effective solution for many applications, however we are also a vendor of other models and types for personalized and customized solutions.

To learn more about solar thermal technology, visit our Education Center.