EnerWorks Inc. is a North American solar thermal technology provider, which develops and manufactures renewable energy

Renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...

 appliances for the residential, commercial and industrial markets.

EnerWorks has installed 640 of its solar collector

Solar collector

-See also:*Solar thermal collector*Solar water heating*Solar air heating*Photovoltaic module*Renewable heat*Concentrating solar power...

s at the Fletcher Business Park in Fletcher, N.C., providing solar thermal heating and cooling for the industrial/commercial warehouse and offices. As of February 2009, this is the world's largest solar heating and cooling installation.

EnerWorks solar water heating

Solar water heating

Solar water heating or solar hot water systems comprise several innovations and many mature renewable energy technologies that have been well established for many years...

 appliances were the first to qualify for the USDOEs "Energy Star

Energy Star

Energy Star is an international standard for energy efficient consumer products originated in the United States of America. It was first created as a United States government program during the early 1990s, but Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan and the European Union have also adopted...

" residential water heater program.