On 9 November, the Oxford Garden solar heating project began operation in the presence of the Minister for the Environment in Ontario, John Wilkinson and the Consul General of Germany in Toronto, Sabine Sparwasser. This project sponsored by the German Energy Agency DENA and the State of Ontario is currently the largest Canadian system for solar cooling and heating. At the Oxford Garden retirement home in Woodstock / Ontario, the environmentally-friendly heating and cooling system serves the 102 apartments.
- Planning and implementation of the installation was carried out by the Proterra Solar company. 162 s-power collectors with a total of 3,240 NARVA vacuum tubes on the building’s flat roof are a visible sign of the CO2 free heat production process.
Technical details:
Collectors: 162 s-power DF20 2000/TPS inside with 3,240 NARVA vacuum tubes
Installed collector output: 364 KW
Collector surface area: 526.5 m²
Storage: 3,000 gal (11 m³)
Cooling system: Yazaki WFC-5 absorption chiller
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