Solar hot air systems are much simpler and easier to install, compared with systems that circulate water as a heat-transfer medium. Here is an overview.

Assured Solar Energy offers the following four proprietary systems. As outlined below, each is best suited for a specific consumer and utilization. Call, or email us to discuss the right application for your needs.

SunMate,  manufactured by  Environmental Solar Systems.

A nice, clean design, sized (4" x 35" x 77") for an appearance that blends well with windows and doors.  Excellent quality construction using low iron tempered glass, these collectors have received the highest Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) on a per square foot basis of of any of the hot air collectors on the market.  A separate fan and duct kit is offered, making the installation quite simple for the average handyman. 

One of our customers installed this SunMate panel over an unused front door, providing heat to the living room in his 19th century farmhouse.  

Northern Comfort, manufactured by Sunsiaray, Inc.

Manufactured since 1983, the only air based collector system qualifying for federal tax credits! A dual mode solar system, in winter the collector provides hot air for heating, and in summer the collector uses its heat to heat water.  

Save up to 35% of your heating bill and up to 50% of your hot water bill with Sunsiaray solar collectors.  In 1986 Sunsiaray was the first hot air collector to receive a certification from Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC rates performance of solar energy equipment).  Since receiving the SRCC rating the materials used in the absorber plate have been improved, thus the output of the panel as shown on the SRCC website is likely understated.  The selective surface coating, TINOX_tm on the absorber plate delivers unsurpassed efficiency among today's hot air solar collectors.  

Dealer packages available.  Call Assured Solar at 207-221-2916 for more information.

SolarSheat, by Your Solar Home, Inc. - Glazed, Self-Contained, Self-Powered Air Heating Collector

Our customers love the SolarSheat collectors for their performance and ease of installation.  Designed as a supplemental heating system a SolarSheat collector can heat an area up to 1,000 sq/ft when the sun is shining.  It's a simple design - air is drawn from inside the room through the bottom of the collector and blown out through a duct in the top.  Set the desired temperature with a digital thermostat.  In the summer, when you don't need the heat, the thermostat shuts the collector down.

Installation is quick and easy and is perfect for do-it-yourself types, as well as contractors.

Selected in 1994 by the Popular Science magazine on its list of "The Year's 100 Most Technologically Significant New Products of the Year," SolarWall brings make-up air into a building through the south wall fitted with perforated metal siding creating an open-loop, transpired air collector.  The siding acts as a giant solar collector, and on sunny days SolarWall heating systems can raise the indoor air temperature by 30 to 70 degrees F depending on flow rate.  That's 160 BTUs of heat per hour for each square foot of SolarWall paneling.  On cloudy days the panels provide energy savings as a pre-heating system for ventilation air.

A SolarWall solar air heating system comprises two key parts.  1.  Perforated aluminum or steel cladding, installed on an exterior wall or walls (usually the sun-rich south-facing wall).  2.  Simple ventilation fans.  And that's that!

In summer SolarWall tools go to work helping keep the building cool.  Ventilation fans by-pass the SolarWall panels.  Warm air that does get through is whisked up the side of the building and rather than being drawn into the ventilation system, is released through holes at the top of the SolarWall cladding.  SolarWall panels also prevent most of the sun's rays from striking the building, so depending on how bright the day and how hot the sun, the SolarWall contribution can reduce a building's cooling loads.

Download SolarWall PDF -

• Solar Wall Data Sheet
• Design Guide – Solarwall
• 3-Part Manu-SPEC®
• 10-Part SPEC-DATA®