Solar project cost report

Technical Report · Fri Apr 21 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5816189· OSTI ID:5816189

This report provides cost information 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, and the system is a new installation. 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 mounted 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 5,000 gallons and is provided by a steel storage tank covered with polyurethane insulation buried underground approximately 50 feet from the building. The construction costs of this solar space heating project are presented.

• Research Organization: Mueller Associates, Inc., Baltimore, MD (USA); PRC Energy Analysis Co., McLean, VA (USA); IBM Federal Systems Div., Huntsville, AL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5816189
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/2014-79/60
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
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BUILDINGS
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CONTAINERS
COST
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GAS APPLIANCES
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HEATING SYSTEMS
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SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEAST REGION
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