Cinco Solar, Inc. uses state-of-the-art evacuated tube technology to provide practical, complete solar thermal water heating solutions for large-scale commercial, institutional and industrial applications.  Solar thermal systems are a natural fit to provide domestic hot water for any facility or process that uses large amounts of hot water.  Applications include, but are not limited to, domestic hot water, process heat, building heating and AC dehumidification and reheat.  Properly sized, Cinco Solar’s solar thermal systems can typically eliminate 80% of the energy costs associated with producing hot water.  Examples of Cinco Solar’s services include:

• Design, engineering and specification of solar systems; efficiency consulting
• Supply of turnkey systems that combine high efficiency water heaters, solar thermal collectors, storage tanks, pumps, mixing valves and controls for solar thermal applications
• Distribution of collectors
• Project management, installation and hookup of commercial systems, including development of solar installation specifications and guidelines
• Structural supports for solar thermal systems
• Installation of complete solar thermal system
• Commissioning and startup services
• Trouble shooting, repair and maintenance of solar thermal systems

Cinco Solar is NABCEP certified and has designed and installed several of the largest evacuated tube solar thermal systems in the United States, including:

• Army Residence Community (2009), San Antonio, TX – 176 collectors
• Bexar County Adult Detention Center (2010), San Antonio, TX – 216 collectors
• University of Texas Norman Hackerman Science Building (in progress) – 185 collectors