Generating innovations in solar technology

For nearly 20 years Dr. Stephen Harrison has been exploring alternative energy solutions to reduce the environmental impact of conventional energy sources. His patented innovations in solar hot water technology resulted in the development of a solar domestic hot water heater product now being sold on the North American market by EnerWorks Inc. of London, ON.

The EnerWorks technology is currently saving a Queen's University student residence thousands in utility costs. "Intalling solar power allowed the removal of one of two electric hot water tanks and helped reduce our electricity bill in the house by 25 per cent," says Brent Bellamy, General Manager of the Science '44 Co-operative Student Housing. 

The company's product also supplies hot water to North America's first large-scale, solar-based district heating project in a 52-home development near Calgary, Alberta, and last August EnerWorks completed the first commercial installation of its product at the Confederation Place Hotel in Kingston, ON.

Photo: M Lea/Whig-Standard

>> Dr. Harrison's research page
>> Queen's Solar Calorimetry Lab
>> EnerWorks, Inc.