HELIODYNE - THE BEAT ON SOLAR HEAT NEWSLETTER VOLUME ONE AUGUST 2010 Welcome to the August issue of The Beat. Your monthly e-newsletter for all the latest info from America's leading Solar Hot Water manufacturer, Heliodyne. This month we announce two new tools for Commercial solar installers and specifiers that we think you'll find quite useful. We also launch a new website and show you quite an interesting video. As always, feel free to email us at news@heliodyne.com for questions or comments. We look forward to hearing from you. SOLAR COLLECTOR CAN WITHSTAND 2 INCH SIZED HAIL STONES Heliodyne released this month video footage of hail impact testing done on its GOBI line of solar flat plate collectors. The footage disproves myths that solar collector glass can easily be destroyed in severe weather. Watch the full video at http://www.heliodyne.com/about_us/links/videos/hail_test.html. SOLAR FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY CALCULATOR To aid installers and designers when it comes to estimating the financial viability of larger commercial scale solar thermal projects, Heliodyne has designed a useful financial feasibility calculator. The tool takes various input from the solar system designer and calculates vital estimates such as ROI, carbon dioxide displacement and payback period. The financial feasibility calculator can be downloaded for free on the Heliodyne website at http://www.heliodyne.com/industry_professionals/downloads/online_calculators.html. HELIODYNE LAUNCHES A NEW WEBSITE FOR ITS LINE OF SOLAR THERMAL CONTROLLERS A new website is up and running which will address all things related to the Heliodyne Delta T series of controllers. At http://www.deltatcontrols.com, Not only will visitors be able to download manuals, specs, and “how to” videos but they will also be able to purchase the solar thermal controllers and its accessories via the website. SOLAR HOT WATER SPECIFICATION PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE The specification website ARCAT, has been further updated with Heliodyne technical information. A Spec Wizard http://www.arcat.com/arcatcos/cos33/arc33022.html is now available which makes specifying Heliodyne even easier. According to ARCAT “Spec Wizard guides you through the selecting and configuring of a building product. It then assembles a specification in the CSI 3-part Format, based on the decisions you made when selecting and configuring the product. You can then download the specification for your project and your office master.” SYSTEM INSTALLATION SPOTLIGHT Richmond-California This month the city of Richmond hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Plunge http://www.richmondplunge.org/index.html, northern California’s oldest indoor public pool. The pool (originally built in 1926) was completely renovated making it America’s “greenest” pool. 80 Heliodyne GOBI collectors were installed as part of the Plunge's new solar system. The solar hot water system will help heat the pool's 324,000 gallons of water. NEXT MONTH'S ISSUE See what's in store for next month's issue: • Class is in Session - Advanced Commercial SHW training • Online Energy Calculator - Predicts system performance before its installed • 20 year SHW veteran installer shares his experiences with Heliodyne Heliodyne, Inc. • 4910 Seaport Avenue • Richmond, CA 94804 T: 1.888.878.8750 or 510.237.9614 • F: 510.237.7018 Information & Support: info@heliodyne.com Sales Inquiries: sales@heliodyne.com www.heliodyne.com Excellence by Design