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The monitoring system was commissioned on September 1, 2016. You can view the data at:
http://www.welserver.com/perl/view/5153
Good documentation of the various data fields is found at: https://www.halifax.ca/solarcity/Other/documents/WELServerPPTv30.pdf
Two summary monitoring reports will be prepared as part of this project: one in March 2017 and a second at the end of 2017.
Background & Project Objectives
Solar domestic hot-water (SDHW) heating is a building-scale
renewable energy opportunity that has had limited application in Yukon to
date. It is an established and reliable
technology that has the potential to further reduce the environmental footprint
of Yukon buildings; in particular, residential buildings. However, there is no known actual real-world
performance data for this technology in Yukon.
This monitoring system is the first to systematically monitor the actual
performance of the existing new SDHW system at 704B Wood St. in downtown
Whitehorse.
Photovoltaic (solar electric) technology has as relatively
good uptake in the marketplace and PV performance is relatively easy to
monitor. Conversely solar-thermal
technology has had much lower installation rates in spite of its relatively
higher efficiency of conversion of solar energy to heat. This lower rate of uptake is thought to be
due to four factors:
- lack of demonstrated performance of the systems in the Yukon environment;
- perception of higher capital costs relative to PV;
- lack of skilled trades and contractors supplying and installing the systems; and
- limitations created by ability to utilize the energy based on building hot-water demands.
The project
looks to address the first barrier to uptake:
demonstration of performance.
It is believed that there is place for solar-thermal in the
increasing energy efficiency of Yukon homes and buildings because of the
technology’s relatively higher efficiency for generating thermal energy and the
5 kW installed capacity cap on PV created by the Yukon’s Micro-generation program (solar thermal can be installed in addition to PV).
Existing System
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