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26. December 2008
NORTH THAILAND: THE FIRST WARM POOL
IN THE COLD WINTER
We recently installed a large
Pool Heat Pump at the Anantara
Golden Triangle.
That is basicly nothing special, a Heat Pump is not difficult
to install, but we had managed to
- make a proper energy calculation resulting in a huge cut
of the budget
- propose an even more cost saving usage of the "waste
cold air" that will cool the large wine cellar.
Compared to a conventional gas
heater the energy consumption is only 30%. Regarding
the additional benefits for cooling purposes the energy
saving is tremendous! In winter this pool is getting
cold to 18 °C - now stable temperature of 27 °C
- but in the hot summer the water is heated up by sun
up to some uncomfortable 32 °C - good for a shower
but not refreshing at all. No problem, we will switch
the pool heater to reverse mode by pushing one button:
Then the Heat Pump will cool down the pool to some 25-27
°C, the "waste heat air" from the compressor
will help to heat the service water.
It sounds smart and it is very smart indeed!
The swimming pool has some 500 m³
volume and is probably one of the largest in North Thailand.
We have installed a 55 kW Heat Pump running on 380 V.
As the piping jobs were prepared by the client the commissioning
took only 2 hours.
Read more here.
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22. September 2008
WORKING ON SITE
After writing many quotes between april and july,
the oncoming months are "working on site".
Beside the solar systems in Phuket we are installing ten heat
pipe systems all around Thailand.
Here some pics of this interesting jobs.
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| Scaffoldings
and a crane to avoid accidents. |
Installation of the solar collector |
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| Copper piping close
to the collector |
PPR piping (family job!) |
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| The tank with pump
and expansion vessel |
Hotel project with roof collectors |
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13. September 2008
CONGRATULATION TO SUNLABOB
Same procedure as...
Our partner Sunlabob has been selected for the 2008
Tech Award that will be held on Wednesday, November
12, 2008 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose,
California.
“The Tech Awards program inspires global engagement
in applying technology to humanity's most pressing problems
by recognizing the best of those who are utilizing innovative
technology solutions to address the most urgent critical
issues facing our planet.”
Read
more (PDF)
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12. September 2008
A LARGE STEP FORWARD
Yes, the Anantara
Golden Triangle, one of the most responsible resorts wordwide,
is our customer for energy questions.
Thats a reason to be proud of the last two years. See also10.
January 2008.
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06. September 2008
WATER PURIFICATION
We are now promoting "water
purification" systems:
Our german managed new partner in Laos Ourworld
is producing water purification units from small scale
to big scale - depending on the needs of the customers.
Ín short words, those systems consists of a filtration
station followed by an OSRAM UVC lamp - Ourworld is
exclusive distributor for thise OSRAM products.
The purifiers are not only suitabel for drinking water
supply but they are - and thats more interesting for
Koh Samui - a very effective swimming pool purifier.
Here your benefits:
> Protection against germs and viruses, reduced formation
of mold, bacteria and algae
> About 90 % reduction of chlorine additives and
other chemicals in swimming pools
> No smell of chlorine, no skin and eye irritation
> Environmentally friendlier than conventional methods
Those OSRAM systems are available
wordwide. As they use a very small amount of energy,
they can run or on public grid or on a small solar panel.
We are happy to provide further
information concerning the whole concept of water cycle
as your requirement.
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04. August 2008
Together with Leonics from
Bangkok, we are now LORENTZ
contact for Thailand.
LORENTZ is a german designer and manufacture for solar water
pumps and tracking structures.
LORENTZ products are used worldwide in rural and urban areas.
We are promoting LORENTZ products for residential water supply,
swimming pool filter pump, irrigation and pond managment.
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25. July 2008
LED LIGHTING
We are promoting now LED path lights and
LED spotlight (to replace 35 W halogen).
Amazing low power consumption of 1 W or less (path lights)
and 3 W for the spotlights.
These LED uses quality chips from Taiwan or USA and thus promise
a long life up to 50.000 hrs.
Nevertheless we will test them for a longer period!
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30. June 2008
Energy Consulting
Energy consulting is not an easy job. It consist
of different topics:
- Energy basics - why is cheap green tint glass better than
high tech "E-glass"?
- Energy believes - to convince that even in Thailand you
can survive without air conditioner.
- Energy savings - why you should pay 300 USD for a ceiling
fan and 800 USD for a small fridge?
- Energy systems - how to mix different energy sources (grid/solar/gemset...)
in a smart way.
- Reduce your energy load - invest less money for reneweable
energy
- Finally: Choose the best quality solar devices
More about these topics can be downloaded
here:
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24. May 2008
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
To support our slowly growing team in Koh Samui,
we are searching for Interns (m/f), 3 months or more:
> Marketing / Advertising / Design
> Engineering
The aspirants should fulfill the following qualifications:
> a Bachelor’s degree or higher
> experience with renewable energy, esp. Solar Thermal
> good computer skills and fluent in the English language
> basic knowledge of Thai is a plus but not a must
We need Interns starting august.
The interns will participate in the everyday operations and
assist with our projects.
The daily life will be among Thais and not without them like
for most of the Farangs.
We will provide free accomodation. We can help with any travel
arrangements; the intern will handle the payment.
If interested, please contact per email with CV and references
(if available).
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12. May 2008
CONGRATULATIONS TO SUNLABOB!
Our partners from Sunlabob have received their
yearly prestigious award:
This year we congratulate for the "LIGHTING AFRICA DEVELOPMENT
MARKETPLACE AWARD".
Read
more (10 May 2008).
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13. April 2008
ENERGY CONSULTING
Samui Service is now energy
consultant for a very large Villa Project in Thailand.
This project has a limitated energy supply and thus
needs energy efficient solutions. Not only we will install
solar water heaters, solar powered DC fans, solar DC
pumps for pool and waterfalls but during this projects
we also have resized the Air cons units - this alone
will save a huge amount of money - and we have assisted
to develop a low energy lighting system for indoor and
outside. Then we will help to install a smart diesel
powered backup system to cover periods of very high
loads and power cuts.
Finally the european Landlord has choosen us to develop
an energy managment plan for the Villa and to communicate
with the engineering groups during his absence.
This whole package is called "Energy Consulting".
A detailled case study will follow.
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19. March 2008
STUDER BACKUP SYSTEM
You suffer from regulary power outages? We can offer
you a reliable backup system to supply your connected
loads with the desired power. Two components: A Made in
Switzerland system controller from STUDER and our AGM
batteries. The STUDER is connected to your fuses box and
controls your energy supply. When a power cut occurs it
will switch to battery supply in as little as 20-40 milliseconds.
Thus it can even work as a powerful USV for your small
office or for a larger server room - keep in mind that
a standard USV lasts as short as 30 minutes. We design
the battery size according to your need - how many devices
must be connected for how many hours.
The STUDER is a pure sinus inverter - the DC power from
your batteries is transformed to real AC power and can
supply every electric device. Depending on the model it
can handle between 1 kWh and 8kWh. Surge power of your
water pump or your fridge & freezer? No problem, the
STUDER can handle up to 250 % of the nominal power! When
grid power is back the STUDER switches back and starts
reloading the batteries. In addition the STUDER can also
start a diesel engine and can charge the batteries with
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09. March 2008
LORENTZ ETRACKER IN ACTION
Solar powered DC pumps are the most economical solar
applications - they need no batteries.
Whereever you have no grid on site a LORENTZ solar pump
"Made in Germany" is the best choice to
pump water directly to a pond or to a storage tank.
To rise the pumped water volume Lorentz is offering a
one axis tracking system (see pics from our customer).
What is behind:
A solar tracker is mounted under the solar array and follows
the sun during the daytime. According to our customer
the pump volume has risen about 40 %. A LORENTZ etracker
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16. February 2008
SOLAR THERMAL ASSOCIATION
Samui Service Solarpower is founder member
of Thai "Solar Thermal Industry Association" (STIA).
The main task of STIA will be to promote Solar Water Heating
without having any support by the Thai government.
We will act as "Sunlabod Thailand".
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19. January 2008
NEW SUNLABOB WEBSITE
It took a while and a lot of work, but now it is online and
it looks good:
The new website
of Sunlabob features rich and current information about
the activities at Sunlabob,
Samui Service did the design and the content of the hardware
section.
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10. January 2008
HOT WATER FOR THE ANANTARA RESORT
Here one of our three Solar Water Heaters
for the elephant camp at the amazing 5-star Anantara
Resort, Golden Triangle.
Because we sent them a manual they could handle to install
it by themselves. Nevertheless, Samui Service went on
site to check the installation:
As the Anantara engineer team didnt believe that water
would be "so hot" they didnt install a water
mixer to chill the 65°C solar water by cold water.
Well, the water scalded a mahout yesterday, now they
trust the system!
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17. December 2007
New technology: HIGH POWER LED
We are promoting new technology
HIGH POWER LED bulbs.
Main technical data:
- Luminescence angle 120° for 5W, 10W and 15W bulb
- Different GU and Edison lamp bases
- Working Voltage 12V AC/DC or 85-264V AC/DC
- Color temperature: Pure White 5000-7000K, Warm White 3000-4000K
- Warranty 12 months
Expected lifetime is 50.000 hrs
- our price is unbeatable!
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05. November 2007
FRANCHISEE FOR SUNLABOB
Samui Service is now franchisee
for Sunlabob
for whole Thailand,
Sunlabob Ltd. is a Laos based company promoting every
kind of renewable energy and maybe the leading company
in this sector.
For the southern Thailand region we will still appear
as "Samui Service", but for the upper region
it will be more appropriate to appear as "Sunlabob
Thailand".
To enhance the business relations Samui Service is actually
helping to develop a new web presence for Sunlabob.
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25. October 2007
CO-OPERATION WITH PALANG THAI AND BORDER
GREEN TEAM
Samui Service is now hardware
partner for Palang
Thai.
Palang Thai is a Thailand-based non-profit organization
that works to ensure that the transformations that occur
in the region's energy sector are economically rational,
and that they augment, rather than undermine, social
and environmental justice and sustainability.
One of the various activities of Palang Thai was bundled
in "Border Green team":
The Border
Green Team provides hands-on solar and micro-hydro
training for villages on both sides of the Thai / Burma
border.
Together with Sunlabob Ltd. Samui Service will offer
high quality products to ensure a sustainability of
theses installations.
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16. October 2007
HEAT PIPE COLLECTORS
Our Solar Water Heater program
is completed.
Sunlabob
and Samui Service Solarpower are now proudly presenting a
wide range of Heat
Pipe Collector Systems for Thailand.
While our smaller sized Thermosyphons
are more suitable for residential appliances, this Heat Pipes
Systems can easily
replace a gas fired or an electric heater in larger appliances
like hotels, hospitals and industry.
The "value for money" is better than any comparable
product in Thailand.
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1. July 2007
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PARTNER SUNLABOB!
We are very happy to announce
that Sunlabob has been awarded the prestigious "Ashden
Award
for sustainable energy". Andy Schroeter has been
invited to London and has been personally congratulated
by Al Gore and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
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The Ashden Award is a
UK-based foundation that awards outstanding solutions for
sustainable energy.
This year five first prizes were awarded. Among many entries
Sunlabob received the first prize for Light and Power,
sponsored by Climate Care in the UK.
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Read more
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6. June 2007
PARTNERSHIP AT ENTECH
Visiting the ENTECH
fair in Bangkok I could find two partners who will help
us to start business and to provide high quality solar
products for our customers:
- Sunlabob Ltd. from Vientiane in Laos and
- Thai German Solar Ltd. / solar solutions Ltd. from
Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Both are german managed companies
with a wide experience about renewable energy.
Franz Röcker, the manager of Thai-German-Solar
Ltd. / solar solutions Ltd. is manufacturing solar products
in Thailand since many years, while Mr. Andy Schröter,
manager of Sunlabob Ltd. has a worldwide reputation
for his innovative ideas in the renewable energy sector.
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Mr. Andy Schröter (right) from
Sunlabob
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