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Solar project cost report for the Loudoun County Vocational-Technical Education Center, Leesburg, Virginia

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5654013

The solar energy system for the Loudoun County School in Leesburg, Virginia provides solar preheating of the domestic hot water supply for the Charles S. Monroe Vocational-Technical School. The system utilizes 34 double glazed, liquid, flat plate collectors in a ground mounted array with a total net area of 1169 square feet. A working fluid is circulated through a single wall heat exchanger in a 2056 gallon solar storage tank in the building mechanical room. On a demand for hot water and according to the system controls, water is circulated from this solar storage tank to a 1000 gallon hot water tank containing an electric immersion type auxiliary hot water heater. The actual as-built construction costs are presented. Category costs are listed by material, labor and subcontract cost. The installed cost of the system was $59,690 not including the overhead and profit of the mechanical subcontractor and the general and administrative expenses of the owner and his general contractor. (MHR)

Research Organization:
Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD (USA)
OSTI ID:
5654013
Report Number(s):
SOLAR/2016-79/60
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English