System Certification

For Solar Hot Water collectors to be sold in Oregon and receive State of  Oregon tax credits, Energy Trust incentives and to be part of BrightWay they MUST be sold as part of a system which is certified or in the process of being certified by SRCC, the Solar Rating Institute as OG-300 compliant.

All systems are tested in the same environments so that there is a relatively level playing field and a performance base for comparing systems. The tested environments are not and cannot always be reflective of every environment and system performance can vary.

From a consumer standpoint this provides some enhanced protection in that the solution is rated to work as specified for the system and conditions present at the installed location ( Regions 1,2 or 3 in Oregon). The system identifies all of the components used and takes into account the relative performance of each contributing to the performance of the whole system.

The Apricus Solar Hot Water collectors have received full certification in the USA (SRCC), Europe(SolarKeyMark) and Australia (Australian Standard SAI Global) and a variety of system packages have been certified in the USA. Given some of the unique requirements that Oregon has in order to safeguard it's citizens the solutions developed for other locations are not always appropriate in Oregon.

Working with our partner Solar Hot, we presently have OG-300, State of Oregon and Energy Trust approval approval for our drain back systems and are working with Energy Trust to get full approval for Glycol based systems.

Information on the performance of our systems can be found at The State of Oregon Yield Table website under the company heading name of Solar Hot.

We are also working to provide additional OG-300 certifications for our products which will provide additional system options. Please visit our website for information on additional OG-300 certification.