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

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6809679

Hale, H J

The solar energy system provides space heating and domestic hot water for half the office space at the Blakedale Professional Center. 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 5000 gallons and is provided by a steel storage tank covered with polyurethane insulation buried underground approximately 50 feet from the building. The construction costs are presented. Category system costs are listed by materials, subcontract labor, and subcontract materials. The installed costs of the system were $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: 6809679
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/2014-78/60
• 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
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTION
COST
EQUIPMENT
HEATERS
HEATING
HEATING SYSTEMS
OFFICE BUILDINGS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING
WATER HEATERS