Solar energy pioneer, alumnus to be honoured with Edison, Ford
John Hollick's SolarWall technology was used on the roof of the CANMET building at the McMaster Innovation Park on Longwood Road. Hollick's work will be featured alongside the likes of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford at an upcoming New York exhibition.
Civil engineering alumnus John Hollick will have his work featured alongside that of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and George Westinghouse at an upcoming New York exhibit.
Hollick’s SolarWall – which turns the sun’s energy into heat – will be part of the ‘Engineering the Everyday and the Extraordinary’ exhibit, curated by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The Hamilton native’s technology was used on the roof of the CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory at McMaster Innovation Park.
Hollick says little attention has been paid to the use of solar technology for heating, despite the fact that more than half of a building’s energy needs is heating.
Read more about John Hollick and his SolarWall technology in the Hamilton Spectator.
