Rob Beckers
26th September 2017, 12:06
For those in the Ottawa area:
Solacity will be hosting an open house once again this year, for the Green Energy Doors Open event of 2017. Anyone interested in seeing the building (https://gedoon.ca/events/building-better-solacitys-net-positive-solar-shop/), or our new 118kW solar PV rooftop system, is most welcome to visit.
What we have to show:
The building is all-electrical, no fossil fuels, and net-positive in energy use.
The office section uses passive solar as part of its heating.
The office makes use of day-lighting (natural light) through light-shelves and large windows.
Insulation values are well beyond the industry standard.
The building is designed to be as air-tight as we can make it.
It uses strawbale for most of the walls.
Heating is provided by a geothermal heat-pump, with in-floor hydronic heating.
The roof area has 118 kW of solar PV under the Ontario FIT program.
The roof is covered with highly reflecting galvalume, to keep solar heat gain in summer minimal.
Energy-efficient lighting through LED and T5 fixtures.
Very highly insulating triple-pane windows.
No need for air-conditioning in summer due to high thermal mass and insulation.
Level-3 (DCFC) electric car fast-charger in the parking lot.
The open house is on Sunday, October 1st, from 1pm through 4pm.
The address is 825 Van Buren Street, Kemptville, ON, K0G 1J0
Hope to see you there!
-RoB-
Solacity will be hosting an open house once again this year, for the Green Energy Doors Open event of 2017. Anyone interested in seeing the building (https://gedoon.ca/events/building-better-solacitys-net-positive-solar-shop/), or our new 118kW solar PV rooftop system, is most welcome to visit.
What we have to show:
The building is all-electrical, no fossil fuels, and net-positive in energy use.
The office section uses passive solar as part of its heating.
The office makes use of day-lighting (natural light) through light-shelves and large windows.
Insulation values are well beyond the industry standard.
The building is designed to be as air-tight as we can make it.
It uses strawbale for most of the walls.
Heating is provided by a geothermal heat-pump, with in-floor hydronic heating.
The roof area has 118 kW of solar PV under the Ontario FIT program.
The roof is covered with highly reflecting galvalume, to keep solar heat gain in summer minimal.
Energy-efficient lighting through LED and T5 fixtures.
Very highly insulating triple-pane windows.
No need for air-conditioning in summer due to high thermal mass and insulation.
Level-3 (DCFC) electric car fast-charger in the parking lot.
The open house is on Sunday, October 1st, from 1pm through 4pm.
The address is 825 Van Buren Street, Kemptville, ON, K0G 1J0
Hope to see you there!
-RoB-