Solar Hot Water Collectors in Fredericton Firehall- SE
The water heating system was upgraded from an oil burner to a natural gas burner some years ago, and has since had the solar hot water system as a water preheat to the natural gas burner. The installation was fairly quick and easy, and works well. …
Solar Hot Water for Car Wash in Woodstock- SE
This car wash uses a large volume of hot water for serving roughly 20000 vehicles per year. This large solar thermal system was installed to aid in the production of hot water, and to offset the primary heating source — an oil furnace. …
Solar Wall Hot Air Circulation in the City of Saint John- GT, PS
The solar wall is located on the south side of 1.4 hectare (3.5 acre), 11150 m2 (120000 sq. ft.) building which serves as the City of Saint John’s Transit Centre bus garage or bus barn. Along with several other energy saving and environmentally sustainable features this building has earned a LEED Silver standard and has received several environmental awards. …
Solar Hot Water at Hotel in Grand Falls- SE
This solar hot water system, likely the largest such installation in the province and perhaps the oldest, was installed in the early 1980’s as a result of government incentives to help with high energy costs at that time. Because of the age of the system, record keeping, and a change in management, much of the information relating to installer, costs, etc. have been lost. …
Off Grid Carbon Neutral Living at Interpretative Centre in Heron Wood- BE, PS, SE
The Laforge Holstein plant is a biomass system set on 400 hectares (1000 acres) of land that uses organic materials such as potato peels, fries, pizza dough and tomato sauce, mixed with manure and chicken grease residue for biodigestion (anaerobic decomposition). The system has 2 mixing tanks that hold the organic material: tank 1 is used as an energy source and tank 2 is used as a protein source. These tanks are linked to the biodigester using a regular feeding schedule run by a computer program that is linked to all the machinery. The ideal pumping ratio of organic material or feed …
Solar Hot Water in Woodstock- SE
This system was installed to help offset the large amount of hot water that is used in this apartment and office building, which is currently heated by an oil furnace. Three 270 L (60 gal.) tanks were attached to the 9 banks of Sunrain Evacuated Tubes (for a total of 180 tubes). It was installed by Sunwave Energy (no longer in operation). The solar hot water system is currently not working properly and needs to be improved. The owner knows that the technology works fine, but is not satisfied with the installation as it currently stands. …
Solar Hot Water in Cape Jourimain- SE
In 2006, Cape Jourimain Nature Centre, at the foot of the Confederation Bridge, installed a 1.2 × 2.4 m (4 × 8′) solar panel (Thermo Dynamics Ltd.) to preheat some of the hot water needed for the restaurant. In order to reduce the amount of electricity used to heat water for the kitchen, a solar hot water panel pre-heats the water used in the kitchen whenever the sun shines. The system started operating in May, 2006, and we would need a few more panels to cover the entire hot water needs for the kitchen! A closed loop of glycol absorbs the heat from the sun, …
1.2 kW Photovoltaic system in Falls Brook Centre- SE
The Centre utilizes many forms of solar energy. The main PV systems are: 520 W Shell Solar, 450 W and 200 W ARCO solar systems. The 520-W Shell Solar system is part of a net metered system, the first in New Brunswick, which helps offset the Centre’s electricity use. …
Wind Turbines at Falls Brook Centre in Knowlesville- WIND
The Centre has 3 turbines, a 400W Air X turbine, a 450 W NPP Sprite, and a 3 kW Whisper 175. The 3 kW turbine is part of a net metered system, the first in New Brunswick, which helps offset the Centre’s electricity use. Most of these systems were installed by staff at Falls Brook or as part of a demonstration/workshop. …
