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Solar Energy at Gustavus

Solar Energy at Gustavus. Review of projects underway. Johnson Center for Environmental Innovation. Focal point for campus environmental initiatives Sustainability American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment Energy conservation and renewable energy

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Solar Energy at Gustavus

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  1. Solar Energy at Gustavus Review of projects underway

  2. Johnson Center for Environmental Innovation Focal point for campus environmental initiatives Sustainability American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment Energy conservation and renewable energy Collaboration across the campus Environmental Studies Program Physics Department Physical Plant Director, Warren Wunderlich

  3. Background Twelve year effort to acquire a utility scale wind turbine Carbon reduction and economic benefit Blocked by county action in 2012 $1 million dollar donor President asked donor to shift funds to solar project Part of LEED certification effort on new academic building (Beck Hall) http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/143824846.html

  4. New (2011) academic classroom and office building Targeting LEED Platinum Econ and Management, Communication Studies, Psychology, Neuroscience, History, Sociology, and Antrhopology • LEED on-site renewable energy • 60 flat plate solar thermal collectors • 40 KW solar electric Beck Hall http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/143824846.html

  5. Exploratory specification process

  6. Beck Hall • 60 flat plate solar thermal collectors • Summer reheat and winter heating load • 40 KW solar electric (in process) • Olin Hall (Math and Physics) • Three 5 KW arrays (5 KW installed to date) • TenK, microinverters, central inverter • Lund athletic complex • 24 flat plate collectors • Year round load—pool and water heating • Jackson Campus Center • Sixteen Next Generation NGU-TU panels • Ballast mounts • Year round water heating load Overview of all projects

  7. Olin Hall

  8. True south orientation • Fin tube radiator heat dump Jackson Campus Center

  9. Jackson Campus Center

  10. Collector orientation about 30 degrees west of south • Priority to pool load Lund Athletic Center

  11. Performance data

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