SOLARWALL® Systems

About

SolarWall® Systems by Conserval is the global market leader in solar air heating for buildings. Founder John Hollick invented the transpired solar collector, branded as “SolarWall heating”, more than 30 years ago. The company has designed and manufactured thousands of SolarWall® air heating systems worldwide for commercial and industrial buildings. There are over 5 million square feet of SolarWall air heating systems on 6 continents across the globe, from Alaska to the South Pole. These systems are helping businesses and municipalities achieve their energy goals and reduce their carbon footprint.

The SolarWall® technology is very architecturally versatile and can be styled, shaped, and designed in a variety of colours and profiles to augment the building envelope & generate on-site energy. It has been applied alongside a variety of building facades systems from masonry and concrete to insulated metal panels, Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) and other metal cladding. SolarWall systems have been used on architectural projects around the world with a consistent track record of successful results and eye-catching designs. Some are seamlessly integrated into the building envelope and others are curved or angled to achieve a desired appearance.

The SolarWall technology is favoured by building owners, architects, and engineers who want to use solar air heating because of its applicability to various green building standards and renewable energy targets. The end result is a portfolio of award-winning Net-Zero, Zero Carbon & LEED® certified buildings where the SolarWall system was a vital component of the project’s success.

Highlights

  • SolarWall® systems displace between 20-50% of heating fuel consumption and corresponding GHG emissions, helping eliminate tens of thousands of tons of CO2 emissions each and every year.
  • With about 85% of buildings in our current stock still expected to be in use by 2050, SolarWall offers a retrofit solution needed to reduce the carbon emissions generated by heating this old aging stock.
  • SolarWall air heating systems have been helping facilitate all levels of LEED certification through all versions of the LEED Standards, and are also specified to help satisfy other Green Building Standards, including Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB), Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) certification, Passive House certification, and any other customized energy and sustainability targets required by building owners.
  • Have won numerous awards from organizations such as Popular Science, R&D 100, Renewable Energy World, the Canadian Solar Industries Association, Readers’ Choice Awards, the Toronto Construction Association, and others.
  • SolarWall® technology is not an “out of the box” system. It is a renewable energy cladding system that can be integrated into a new or existing building’s exterior wall assembly, with the system custom designed to meet each building’s heating, ventilation, aesthetic and energy-saving requirements.
  • SolarWall systems have been regularly tested by third-party laboratories so that our clients can depend on their outstanding performance.
  • SolarWall systems have been used for industrial buildings, manufacturing facilities, military buildings, hangars, warehouses, vehicle maintenance facilities, multi-residential apartments, high-rises, schools, commercial buildings, airports, poultry barns, government buildings, water and sewage treatment plants, and for process heat applications.

Case Studies

Toronto Transit Commission

Evolv1 Office Building

John Molson School of Business Concordia University

Dr. David Suzuki Public School

Inuvik Correctional Facility

Bombardier Canadair Facility

Services

  • Assessments
    • Modelling & simulation
  • Commissioning & operations
    • Commissioning
    • Measurement & GHG verification
  • Contracting
    • Building envelope
    • Heating, ventilation & air-conditioning
    • Solar and renewable energy
  • Design, engineering
    • Architectural design
    • Building envelope design
    • Building systems design
    • Structural engineering
  • Feasibility
    • Business case
    • Carbon offsets
    • Embodied carbon
    • Life cycle & capital planning
    • Renewables
  • Procurement, project delivery
  • Supply

Service area

  • Central Alberta
  • Northern Alberta
  • Southern Alberta

Building types

  • Commercial
  • Hospitals
  • Industrial
  • Multi-unit residential
  • Municipalities
  • Universities & Schools

Project delivery experience

  • Construction management
  • Integrated project delivery

Project certifications

  • LEED

Typical project value

$1 million – $10 million