Lapp Renewables Ltd.


NOTE: As of September 2005, the owner of Lapp Renewables (Steve Lapp) has started as the coordinator of, and Professor, in the New Energy Systems Engineering Program at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario. This was an exciting opportunity for Steve to work with students who want to make their careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and the college is putting substantial effort into this area of training. Therefore, Lapp Renewables (the company) is being scaled back to special projects only. Emails will still be answered, but on a day by day basis. We are not taking on any further consulting work.

Check out the program Steve is coordinating at:

St. Lawrence College fulltime Energy Systems Engineering Program

The college program also has a great training facility called Energy House, where students work with most renewable energy technologies in a hands-on environment, in classrooms powered by Photovoltaics:

St. Lawrence College Energy House Renewable Energy Training Centre

The PV Hybrid Prius Project

As of January 2006, the PV hybid car project continues, see the link below to our PV Hybrid project progress report. The project has generated many inquiries, but we are not making the product commercial at this time, but we do continue to refine the design and talk with potential supporters of a more in depth engineering approach.

(Click here to see the Photovoltaic Hybrid (PVHV) Prius project page)


What we do

Lapp Renewables Ltd. offers in-depth analysis, design and equipment installation support of renewable energy systems for residential and commercial applications. The company is owned by Steve Lapp, a professional mechanical engineer with over 25 years of experience in design, building, testing and installation of alternative and renewable energy-based equipment. Expertise in energy analysis and project engineering is complemented by practical hands-on design skills.
Go to typical house and cottage installation pictures and system specifications page

Experience covers small wind turbine installations, large wind economic analysis, stand alone and grid connected photovoltaic (i.e. net metering) and photovoltaic system designs and installations with and without battery storage systems, fuel cell economic and energy analysis, electric and hybrid vehicle design.

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Site Map In addition to design and analysis, renewable energy workshops for engineers and technicians as well as interested public are available. See workshops, presentations and other projects below. Greenhouse gas reduction workshops are designed to provide the participants with the knowledge to allow them to implement energy efficiency in their homes and to assess the viability of renewable energy and efficiency solutions to provide their energy and environmental needs. Having completed the workshop, participants are able to effectively decide how they can meet their "ONE TONNE CHALLENGE" as set by the Canadian Government to help move us towards meeting the KYOTO protocol goals.

(Go see the special Photovoltaic Hybrid (PVHV) car project page)

Renewable and efficient residential energy system design

Working directly with individual home owners and small businesses is the only way to determine exactly what renewable energy systems will meet the owners goals. We can provide complete solutions for:

  • Residential on and off-grid wind and photovoltaic electricity systems
  • Assistance with grid connected installation applications
  • Solar thermal for residential and small commercial hot water requirements
  • Building heat loss and passive solar designs for minimum capital cost and life cycle energy usage
  • What technologies are cost effective, when to use them and why
  • A site visit and close interaction with the client are an important part of the design process we use
    Typical house and cottage installation pictures and system specifications

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    Workshops, presentations and other project areas

    We provide workshops and seminars on a number of topics:

  • Personal greenhouse gas emissions: saving money and meeting the "ONE TONNE CHALLENGE" calculation and reduction of family and individual greenhouse emissions
  • How to save money by saving energy
  • When and how to generate your own energy: on - and off-grid, what is cost effective - what isn't
  • RETScreen (Renewable Energy Technology Screening) training workshops for engineers, architects, planners, and others on the downloadable software supplied by Canada's NRCAN www.retscreen.net
  • Some of this work is done in partnership with SGA Energy Ltd. in Ottawa. www.sgaenergy.com

    The Photovoltaic Hybrid Car Project - daily transportation using the sun's energy!

    This summer we are building a hybrid car that will use photovoltaic electricity to reduce gasoline consumption, see the page below for specifics on the project. It is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate how PV can reduce our transportation fossil fuel consumption and emmisions.

    Go to Photovoltaic Hybrid (PVHV) car project page

    Upcoming Workshops/Seminars
    3 hour courses on personal actions to reduce our environmental impact - St. Lawrence College -

    The course will be offered again in the fall of 2005, date not available yet, please contact the college in late summer.
    Register at www.sl.on.ca or phone St. Lawrence College at 544-5400 (press 60) Detailed course description (60k pdf)

    Upcoming Presentations

    January 30, 2006 7 pm Sydenham Town Hall, Renewable Energy for Home Owners

    Completed Workshops/Seminars
    3 hour courses on personal actions to reduce our environmental impact - St. Lawrence College -

    March 19, 2005 1 pm, Queen's University Sustainable Energy Conference
    March 23, 2005 5pm, Cataraqui Regional Conservation Authority, Kingston - Renewable Energy Panel Discussion"
    May 28, 2005 St. Lawrence College Hearthmakers Renewable Energy Fair - check Hearthamkers website below
    Sat. February 19, 2005 - 9:00 am to 12:00am - Kingston campus
    Sat. Oct. 2, 2004 (course code GENI 1552 841)- 9:00 am to 12:00am - Kingston campus
    Sat. Oct. 16, 2004 (course code GENI 760 480)- 9:00 am to 12:00am - Brockville campus
    Wed. Nov. 24, Renewable Energy as a Residential Energy Alternative, a seminar for Kingston's Hearthmakers Energy Cooperative, Sydenham, Ontario

    Register at www.sl.on.ca or phone St. Lawrence College at 544-5400 (press 60) Detailed course description (60k pdf)

    Past Presentations
    February 12, Kemptville Environmental Fair - "Environmental Impact and Renewable Energy"
    Sept. 29, Queen's University, Ban Righ Centre, 12 noon, title - "Renewable Energy as a Mainstream Alternative"
    Oct. 17, CANWEA Conference Presentation - "Residential Scale Wind Power.- system designer perspectives on the market in Ontario"
    Contact CANWEA
    Nov. 10, Chernof Hall, Kingston Club of the Canadian Federation of University Women, 8 pm , a panel presentation, title - "The Use of Alternate Energy in Ontario and Kingston - Past, Present and Future".

    Renewable energy and Kingston area web links
    www.climatechange.gc.ca - Canada's One Tonne Challenge Greenhouse gas reduction website
    www.windatlas.ca - Canada's brand new wind atlas
    www.switchkingston.ca - Kingston's Alternative Energy Cluster
    www.micropower-connect.com - NRCAN initiative
    www.esainspection.net - Electrical Safety Authority
    www.oeb.gov.on.ca - Ontario Energy Board
    www.cansia.ca - Canadian Solar Industries Association
    www.canwea.ca - Canadian Wind Energy Association
    www.ontarioconserves.go.on.ca - new provincial government energy conservation site
    www.renewableenergy.com - Renewable Energy of Plum Hollow


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    Lapp Renewables Ltd.
    Contact Information

    Please contact Steve Lapp at:
    phone: (613) 376-6363
    fax: (613) 376-3940


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