Generating innovations in solar technology

For more than 25 years Dr. Stephen Harrison has been exploring alternative energy solutions to reduce the environmental impact of conventional energy sources. His innovations in solar hot water technology address two major issues in the solar hot water industry -- overheating/stagnation, and fouling of solar collector fluids – resulting in greater system efficiency at lower overall costs.

Dr. Harrison’s technologies have not only generated more than 25 patents worldwide; they also resulted in the development of a solar domestic hot water heater product now being marketed in North America by EnerWorks Inc. of Woodstock, ON and worldwide by Solar Innovations Inc.

The EnerWorks product supplies hot water to Drake Landing, North America's first large-scale, solar-based district heating project in a 52-home development near Calgary, Alberta. In November 2011 The Drake Landing Solar Community was awarded a World Energy Globe Award, in recognition of its large scale, seasonal energy storage system, fuelled in part by Dr. Harrison’s patented solar technologies.

Photo: M Lea/Whig-Standard

>> Dr. Harrison's research page

>> Queen's Solar Calorimetry Lab

>> EnerWorks

>> Solar Innovations Inc.

>> Drake Landing Solar Community