Engineering Services

SOLARIA offers a wide range of engineering services. These services are integral to all SOLARIA projects but each can be offered on an independent consulting basis as required.

SOLARIA provides engineering services across many conventional engineering disciplines. A listing of services by general engineering category follows:

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

• Photovoltaic (solar) system design – grid tied, off-grid, utility scale, site scale, hybrid
• Residential & commercial load calculations, service & distribution design, panel sizing/schedules/specifications
• Residential & commercial electrical systems – conventional electrical plans including lighting & control, telephone, home automation, computer networking, video, entertainment systems, specialty communications
• Uninterruptable Power Systems (UPS) – designs & specifications for specific applications, subsystems, or complete buildings
• Utility service sizing & design
• Loads analysis
• Power distribution system design – small developments, island power, specialty applications
• Motor systems – motor sizing, drives, controls, monitoring
• Custom control systems – automation, process control, monitoring, safety systems
• Wind & hydro power systems design
• Low voltage systems
• DC systems – power generation, power conversion (DC-DC, inverters) , battery systems, controls
• Galvanic corrosion analysis, control, and design

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

• Energy calculations – EnergyGauge USA for residential or commercial applications
• Solar hot water systems – domestic hot water, pool systems, specialty applications, commercial & residential
• HVAC system sizing and design – conventional, geothermal, direct expansion & chilled water, specializing in small system chilled water less than 5 tons
• Refrigeration system sizing and design
• Rainwater harvesting systems – gutters, piping, storage systems & cisterns (all types & materials), filtration & treatment, distribution
• Thermodynamic & heat transfer systems design
• Corrosion resistant design – design for high corrosion environments, corrosion control, materials selection, design detailing for structural or general applications
• Plumbing, piping and pumping systems – including tanks & cisterns
• Structural components – members, fasteners, welds, parts – steel, aluminum, wood, composites

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

• Structural analysis & design – wood and timber specialization (including heavy timber, LVL, glulam and engineered lumber), reinforced concrete, aluminum, steel
• Loads analysis according to ASCE 7-05 – general, wind, hydrostatic & hydrodynamic, snow, ice
• SIPs (Structural Insulated Panel) structure design – total buildings or components such as roofs, wall systems, floors
• Framing plans for residential or commercial including “advanced framing”
• Foundations – conventional for residential & light commercial including slabs on grade
• Specialty foundations – timber, pile, screw pile
• Cistern system design – site built, tank installation & anchoring
• Trusses and frame design including towers
• Component design – anchoring, doors, supports, hold downs

CIVIL ENGINEERING

· Site design including grading, paving, drainage, access, and storm water management

· Utilities sizing & design – water, waste water, gray water, electric, phone, cable TV

· Advanced On-site Waste Water Treatment Systems – residential, small residential development

· Specialty site systems – fluids transport & handling, integrated site systems

· Construction support & project management

GENERAL ENGINEERING