Community-Level Solar Applications Assessment, Phase I

摘要

The Phase I studies were conducted in order to develop general recommendations for solar installations on public buildings - buildings that are characteristically a part of a local government's capital improvements plan or program. Because of the large number of buildings available for analysis combined with limited funds available for building analysis and lack of any generally accepted criteria for including/excluding buildings for solar consideration, some fairly strict criteria were used to develop a list of recommended buildings. The criteria developed was applied to a group of thirty-five public buildings as test subjects; thirteen buildings were found most suited for solar installations. Under less severe criteria, these findings could be modified as may be seen in subsequent discussions of alternative assumptions. The Phase I analysis was also limited in terms of what was to be achieved with solar installations. The analysis sought only to evaluate buildings on the basis of whether panel space could be provided to meet hot water needs and space heating needs; no consideration was given in this phase to cooling. The buildings reviewed are detailed and specific data are given. (ERA citation 09:013535)