This course presents the information require to design a solar energy water heating system, after planning and system selection have been completed. Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to: -Learn about solar absorber construction and components -Learn how to design collector manifolds -Learn the benefits of, and how to design, a reverse-return system -Learn the benefits and drawbacks of internally and externally manifolded collector systems -Learn the fundamentals of solar collector selection and specification -Learn about flow balancing for collector arrays -Learn the importance of, and how to do, pressure drop calculations -Learn how to design and specify the collector, transport, storage and control sub-systems