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Solar project cost report for Blakedale Professional Center, Greenwood, South Carolina

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5385571
Cost information is provided for the solar heating and hot water system at the Blakedale Professional Center located in Greenwood, South Carolina. The solar energy system provides space heating and domestic hot water for half the office space at the Blakedale Professional Center. The system construction was concurrent with the building construction. The system utilizes three banks of collectors, with a net area of 928 ft/sup 2/ and a gross area of 954 ft/sup 2/, roof monted in a sawtooth configuration with aluminized mylar reflectors on the backs of the supports. The collectors are double glazed and have copper absorber plates with a nonselective black coating. Storage capacity is 5000 gallons and is provided by a steel storage tank covered with polyurethane insulation buried underground approximately 50 feet from the building. The installed costs of the system was $47,855 in 1976 dollars not including general contractor overhead and profit, construction management fees, and general and administrative costs. (MHR)
Research Organization:
Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5385571
Report Number(s):
SOLAR/2014-78/60
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English