Solar Hot Water and Solar Hot Air in Sackville- SE
The owner has chosen to use a combination of systems to help lower electricity payments and test renewable energy. The systems include solar hot air space heating (Cansolair), and solar hot water heating (Thermodynamics). electricity generation from a wind turbine …
3.5 kW Wind Turbine in Sackville- WIND
The owner has chosen to use a combined set up of different systems to help lower her electricity costs and test renewable energy. The system includes: electricity generation from the wind turbine, solar hot air space heating, and solar hot water heating. …
VISION Home in Moncton- GT, PS, SE
The EQuilibrium project is a national sustainable housing demonstration initiative, created and led by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. One of the winning entries for the Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative is the VISION home located in Moncton. …
Capturing the Sun in Lincoln- PS
The solar space heating unit comes equipped with a built-in solar electric photovoltaic panel to drive the unit’s circulation. The unit is rated to supply heat for 110 m2 (1200 sq. ft.). The heat generated is presently being blown into the basement area and feels that there should be an additional circulation fan added to the system or that the hot air should be conducted to the upper floor. The solar hot water flat panels have been cost effective for the owner especially with two teenage children in the house who like to take long showers. The owner is quite satisfied with the …
Wood Stove Water & Space Heating in Lower Kintore- BE
This stove, equipped with the ability to heat water, was installed when the house was constructed in 1980, and has worked great ever since. It is used for all cooking and space heating, and most of the water heating. It has proven to be reliable, very comfortable, and reduces electricity use. …
Off-grid Home in Jolicure- BE, SE, WIND
At the moment the home is powered by a small photovoltaic solar system which is sufficient for his home, however he has had to make some lifestyle changes. The owner monitors the amount of power being used, and can only use a laptop computer for a certain amount of time as to not drain its batteries. He uses a refrigerator in the summer when there is lots of solar energy, and uses a naturally cooled room in the winter. The system includes three 123 W Sharp PV solar panels mounted on an outbuilding. He has a small 400 W Air X Wind turbine …
Off-grid Home in Knowlesville- SE, WIND
This is an off-grid system that more than meets the needs of this family, home-based business and supplies surplus power to a small artist cabin nearby. The house is a timberframe with strawbale infill, 3 storey, 195 m2 (2100 sq. ft.) building. The cabin is a load-bearing strawbale contruction, 1.5 storey and 60 m2 (650 sq. ft.). They have several appliances running on this system, including a freezer a washing machine power tools a refrigerator, and many other kitchen appliances. The main problems faced with this RE system was that several of the nuts were not tightened properly by the installer, which resulted in issues related …
Off-Grid Yurt in Cocagne- SE
The owner uses this place as a summer get-away on a large, wooded property. He built himself a yurt and uses the solar panel to run one light, a computer, a DVD player and a radio. When he uses the vacuum cleaner, it is often too much of a load for the system to handle. When he connected the cable to the battery, he only realized later that the positive and negative symbols were inverted. Unfortunately, he had to buy a new battery because the battery was ruined. He highly recommends buying a voltage meter which can be used to check up …
Solar Space Heating in Fredericton- PS
The Cansolair space heating unit, installed by Grün-sol, is mounted on a wall on the exterior of the house. The unit heats air to temperatures of 71 °C (160 °F) and employs a thermostat and fan unit to push the air into the room through a 13 cm (5″) wall vent near the ceiling. The unit is rated for 93 m2 (1000 sq. ft.). This unit is a complement to the existing natural gas boiler heating system. The owners are very happy with the Cansolair systems and plan to install a second unit in the near future. …
400 W Wind Turbine in Fredericton- WIND
An Air X 400 W wind turbine sits high above the roof and could generate as much as 400 W of power, when the wind blows — which it does from late fall to early spring, but not once summer arrives. Essentially, there is no energy to be had from wind at this location during the warmer part of the year. The high trees surrounding the house don’t make things easier, but the owners prefer not to cut them down. …
