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Ohio Solar Tour

October 4 Clean Energy Momentum Continues to Build in Northeast Ohio!

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- Seven tours / open houses lined up for Northeast Ohio, including Cleveland Metro West (Kick-Off: Edgewater Park), Cleveland Metro East (Kick-Off: Euclid Creek Metropark), East-of-Cleveland (Kick-Off: Lake Farmpark Metropark), Wayne County, Youngstown (Kick-Off: Green Space Homes), Akron Metro (Kick-Off: Crown Point Ecological Center) and Oberlin (Kick-Off: Oberlin College).

Solar Electric (PV) Solar Thermal Wind Turbine LEED Designed Wind/Solar Hybrid

- Each tour includes many new clean energy sites mixed in with some fantastic sites from years past.

Geothermal Other

- Visit a LEED-certified Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Youngstown, a straw bale home in Cleveland Heights, a solar thermal system installed at a Cleveland Fire Station as part of a training program, a state of the art geothermal heating and cooling system at Orrville Middle School and much more.

Table: Technology on display in Cleveland Metro East and West

KICK - OFF SITE FOR CLEVELAND METRO WEST Edgewater Park 1

GEO volunteers installed a 165 ft wind monitoring tower called the Crib in 2005. The NEO Regional Sewer District’s Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant installed a 1.8 kW SkyStream wind turbine during the National 2007 Solar Conference. Technology

1. Wind Test Tower 2. Wind Turbine

Year Installed

Wind Test Tower: 2005; Wind Turbine: 2007

Edgewater Park Saturday 10am

KICK - OFF SITE FOR CLEVELAND METRO EAST Euclid Creek Metropark Reservation Welsh Woods Picnic Area

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This site is the third stand-alone photovoltaic array Cleveland Metroparks has installed. Conservation, education, and recreation are facilitated by the installation of this PV system. Technology

Solar electric system

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Metropark Reservation

Year Installed

2007

Euclid Creek Metropark Reservation Saturday 10am

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Technology Site Year Installed

Solar Electric Commercial Building 2007, 2008

The Hagan residence has a solar thermal system with 60 evacuated tubes that provides domestic hot water to 6 people in the duplex. Technology Site Year Installed

Solar Thermal Home 2007

A year after installing Cleveland's iconic wind turbine, the Great Lakes Science Center commissioned a solar array canopy. The solar panels represent the Great Lakes Science Center’s second advanced energy initiative, and coupled with the 150-foot wind turbine, will continue to raise community and civic awareness regarding renewable energy. Technology Site

Solar Electric and a Wind Turbine Science Museum

Year Installed

2006,2007

The City of Cleveland and Green Energy Ohio were proud to cooperate on a three-day training workshop and installation of solar thermal at Fire Station #20. The workshop was part of the City of Cleveland’s Sustainability Program. Six solar collectors mounted on the roof contribute to the solar thermal water-heating system generating roughly 30% of the hot water demand for 12 firefighters. Technology Site

Solar Thermal Fire Station #20

Year Installed

2007

The Kloos Residence features a solar electric system which is currently generating 50% of the house’s electrical needs. Technology Site Year Installed

Solar Electric and Other Home 2008

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The Kloos Residence

Preformed Line Products installed three PV systems in two phases. First is a 1kW pole mounted photovoltaic solar system that charges batteries which power exterior lighting devices. A second 14kW PV system consists of eight Solar World 175W modules and a Solectria Inverter. Sixty-four modules are ballasted on the facility’s flat roof at a 10 degree angle and sixteen modules are secured on the front wall near the building entrance at a 43 degree angle.

Cleveland Fire Station #20

Solar Electric , LEED Building, and Geothermal Commercial building 2000-2003

Great Lakes Science Center

Technology Site Year Installed

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The Hagan Residence

The Cleveland Environmental Center is a green building retrofit of a 25,000 ft2 historic bank building to create a regional center for non-profit environmental organization. To learn more go to: http://www.clevelandgbc. org/cec/media.html

Preformed Line Products

Solar Electric and Other Baseball Stadium 2007

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Cleveland Environmental Center

Technology Site Year Installed

Progressive Field

Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, was the first American League ballpark to go solar! In 2008 the Indians launched the program “Our Tribe is Green…are you in the Tribe?” Thus far recycling efforts by the Indians have saved 712 trees, 293,000 gallons of water, 176,000 kW hours of energy, 142 cubic yards of landfill space, and 17,000 gallons of fuel.

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EAST OF CLEVELAND

Ohio Solar Tour

October 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Solar Electric (PV) Solar Thermal Wind Turbine Wind/Solar Hybrid Green Building Geothermal

KICK-OFF SITE EAST OF CLEVELAND Lake Metroparks Farmpark The first commercial solar array built in Ohio produces 26 kW ac, 31.7 kW dc, or 34,000 kW hours of energy per year. Lake Farmpark has 264 individual solar panels and a 20kW Jacobs wind turbine on location. There is also a tracking solar array which can be interactively adjusted to demonstrate the correlation between panel angle and energy output. Technology Site

Solar Electric, Wind Turbine, and Other Park

Lake Metroparks Farmpark

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Table: Technology on display East of Cleveland

Hershey Montessori School

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State Road Battery

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The Rosa Residence

Saturday 9:30 am

West Woods Nature Center

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An eight panel, 650W photovoltaic system with batteries and an inverter to provide 115V ac power to the home. The home also includes energy efficient features such as a DC attic fan, and an open loop solar thermal water heating system which provides hot water for the house. Technology

Solar Electric , Solar Thermal, and Other

Site

Home

Eight, 2-ton geothermal heat pumps provide all electric forced air heating, cooling and hot water used in the school. The Bioshelter greenhouse is designed to provide year round fresh organic produce and inside there is a composting toilet and a separate composting reactor for animal waste which provides heated air into gravel storage and plant beds. The “program barn” and woodshop is powered by a grid connected 2kW solar array mounted on its roof. Technology

Solar Electric, Geothermal and Other

Site

School

Four 64 watt panels and one 75W panel connect to a battery bank and are used to power the store and charge buggy batteries. This totally off-the-grid business also has 12Vdc lighting and even a 12Vdc washing machine which both get their power from the photovoltaics. Two more 10W panels with batteries power lights that illuminate a small sign at night. Most of the lighting inside the building is provided by large sun-tubes in the roof which direct outside light into the work area. Technology Site

Solar Electric and Other Commercial, Off-the-grid

The nature center was built in 2002 with a firm committment to many aspects of "green" architecture. Most obvious is the green roof, an actual 'living' roof that serves to stabilize building temperatures and reduce rainwater runoff. This site also has a geothermal HVAC system using thirty, 300 foot wells under the parking lot, which are connected to ten heat pumps in the building which heat and cool the facility. The park has a green wastewater treatment plant, and a special "drip disposal system" where water undergoes an intense purification process. Technology Site Year Installed

Green building, Geothermal and Other Nature Center 2002

EAST OF CLEVELAND

Ohio Solar Tour Saturday

Home – Grid-tied with net-metering

Four 53W PV panels, energy efficient appliances, propane used to heat the stove and provide hot water for the house via an “on-demand” tankless water heater. A wood stove heats the cabin. A small wind turbine helps provide electricity during the cloudy and windy winter months. Energy expenses are less than $150 annually. Outside among the beautiful landscaping is a whirlpool spa and a hydroponic greenhouse powered by the PV. array and wind turbine. Technology

Solar Electric, Wind Turbine, and Other

Site

Home, Off-the-grid

This home has 2520W of photovoltaics that are direct grid tied, 2400W of photovoltaics that are grid tied with battery backup, plus a grid-tied 1000W wind turbine. The owner is attempting to zero his total carbon output and has invested in geothermal heating and air conditioning, an electric car, and even an electric lawn tractor all of which he hopes to power entirely with the home's wind and solar resources. Solar water heating is in the future and will hopefully reduce total electric demand below that which is generated on site. Technology

Solar Electric,Wind Turbine, Geothermal and Other

Site

Home, Grid-tied with net-metering

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The Coin Residence

Solar Electric, Wind Turbine, Geothermal, and Other

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The Evely Residence

Technology

The Rapini Residence

This small suburban ranch features a 2880W ground-level solar array that transmits power over 200 feet at high voltage via an underground conduit to a grid tied inverter, allowing the array to be more easily maintained and shade trees to remain around the house. A separate 45W array powers a remote water pumping system and an electric fence for the garden. There is a simple geothermal cooling system still under development, a 500W wind turbine, an Aquastar tankless water heater, energy efficient appliances, and an electric car that's used daily for work commutes.

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WAYNE COUNTY OPEN HOUSE FOR WAYNE/HOLMES COUNTY

Solar Electric Portable Utility Trailer

Year Installed

2007

Moses Miller, owner of R&M Solar Products, has 400W’s of Morning Star PV panels installed on three buildings that are charging two 6V batteries that power the store lights. Technology Site

Solar Electric Retail

Year Installed

1999

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R&M Solar

Technology Site

Habitat for Humanity ReStore

The Wayne County Habitat for Humanity, the Construction Club at the Agricultural Technical Institute of Ohio State University, and the Romich Foundation partnered to build a portable solar trailer(all in Wooster, Ohio). The trailer has a 720W Evergreen PV array, two 2.5 kW Outback Inverters, a 24V battery rated at 850 amp hours. Visit: www.wcsen.org

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WAYNE COUNTY October 4

Ohio Solar Tour

WAYNE COUNTY CONTINUED

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Energy conservation was a prime driver in the design of this two-story colonial home. It includes passive solar design, energy efficient insulation in walls and ceilings, solar thermal, grid-tied batteryless PV system with Unisolar PVL-136 and PVL-68 laminate panels.

Green Building Geothermal Other

Orrville Middle School

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The Tillack Residence

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Orrville High School

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The Powers Residence

Passive Solar

Technology

Solar Electric, Solar Thermal, Passive Solar, and Other

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Home, Grid tied with net-metering

This home features many green building and energy efficient designs. A 1kW Siemans PV array, liquid-separating toilets with a PV direct fan, a tankless hot water heater, daylighting, a graywater system, earthbermed construction, super-insulation (Corning batt and Stryo insulation), a propane backup generator with PV charged starting battery, an organic garden and composting. Technology Site

Solar Electric,Green Building,and Other Home

Year Installed

Continuously developing over the last 10 years

Orrville Middle School is a brand new building that just opened its doors in January 2008 to approx. 550 students in grades five through eight, and incorporates many green building principles. Technology Passive Solar, Green Building, and Geothermal Site Middle School Year Installed

2008

Orrville High School is proud to display their 1kW photovoltaic array connected to the school’s electrical grid. Technology Site

Solar Electric High School

Year Installed

2002

YOUNGSTOWN

Ohio Solar Tour Saturday

KICK-OFF SITE O F YOUNGSTOWN Green Space Homes

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This home used conventional construction blends with energy efficient technology .Certified Geothermal installer Mr. Dave Quinlan will present a class on how these simple systems work along with a component tour in a conventionally constructed home. For more information visit www.greenspacehomes.net. Technology

Green Building and Geothermal

Site

Home

Year Installed

2007

Wind Turbine LEED Designed

Green Building Geothermal Other

Green Space Homes

Table: Technology on display in Youngstown

Saturday 9:00 am

One of the first in the region gaining Energy Star Certification and Indoor Air Quality standards as set by the EPA. For more information visit www.greenspacehomes.net. LEED design principles as applied to the delicate surrounding lake ecosystem with energy efficient framing techniques, radiant in floor heat, energy efficient wall systems, and thermal mass heater, Loewen high efficiency windows, etc. Technology LEED Design and Other Site Home Year Installed 2007

Shades of Green Residence

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Mr. Carradine’s focus was reducing energy demand, carbon footprint and his utility bill by applying energy saving measures in conjunction with alternative energy systems. This resident installed a 10kW Abundant Renewable Energy (ARE) wind turbine. Technology Wind Turbine Site Home

The Carradine Residence

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Participants in the Ohio Solar Tour will get a personal tour of the first courthouse completed by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to receive LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Built on an urban brownfield site, LEED Certification and U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Construction Excellence Program drove the design and construction process. Reflective roofing and a concrete parking lot reduce the heat-island effect.

Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse

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Leed Design and Other Courthouse

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AKRON

Ohio Solar Tour

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KICK-OFF SITE FOR AKRON Crown Point Ecology Center Passive solar designed and completely insulated 400 ft2 building that is heated by a solar collector attached to the south facing wall of the maintenance barn. Technology

Solar Thermal and Other

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Ecology Center

Geothermal Other

The Riedel Residence

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The Akron Z00

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The Starre Residence

Table: Technology on display in Akron

The Deneen Residence

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Jennings Heating and Cooling

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Crown Point Ecology Center Sunday 11 am

Passive solar design with the backside of the residence set into the earth. R-25 and R-40 insulation in the walls and roof, geothermal wells and radiant floor heating combined with energy star rated appliances, skylights, solar tubes and water conservation measures. Reclaimed lumber for the floors and cabinets, previously discarded ceramic tiles for the bathroom and kitchen. Technology Passive Solar, Geothermal and Other Site Home Year Installed 2004

The Riedel family began planning their timber frame home to be energy independent. The home includes passive solar design, free standing 9kW photovoltaic system, closed-loop solar thermal system for radiant floor heating and domestic hot water. Technology Site

Solar Electric, Solar Thermal, and Passive Solar Home, Grid-tied with net-metering

Year Initiated

2000

In 2007 the Akron Zoo announced that their Education Center, Komodo Kingdom, received the prestigious LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Komodo Kingdom is the first building in Summit County and the 15th in Ohio to receive this honor. The Akron Zoo now joins the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and the San Diego Zoo as the only accredited zoos in the U.S. with LEED certified buildings. 84% of construction waste was diverted from the landfill and recycled, 52% of the total project materials were manufactured within 500 miles of the site. Technology LEED Certified and Geothermal Site Zoo Year Built

2007

This site features 5.2kW Kyocera photovoltaic array and an Outback Inverter. A solar powered gable fan was installed to reduce attic temperature and cooling load in the summer. LED and CFL lighting is used throughout the home. Technology

Solar Electric and Other

Site

Home

This site features two solar thermal systems: The first is 30 evacuated tubes made by Apricus, connected to an 80 gallon storage tank and an external heat exchanger. The second is two flat Apricus panels connected to another 80 gallon storage tank with an internal heat exchanger. Technology Site Year Installed

Solar Thermal Retail 2007

OBERLIN

Ohio Solar Tour Sunday

KICK-OFF SITE FOR OBERLIN Oberlin College - Adam Joseph Lewis Center

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The Adam Joseph Lewis Center has a long term design goal of becoming the first academic building in the country to function as a net exporter of useful energy. For more information about the Lewis Center, visit: http://www.oberlin.edu/ ajlc/. A 60kW photovoltaic array on the roof produces approximately half of the energy the building uses. Another 100kW PV array was installed over the parking lot. There is an on-site wastewater treatment system that treats and then internally recycles water. The landscape is a restored native wetland ecosystem, an orchard and organic garden. Technology

Solar Electric, Wastewater Treatment System and Other

Site

Academic Building

Year Installed

2001

Solar Electric (PV) Solar Thermal Passive Solar Wastewater Treatment Other

Table: Technology on display in Oberlin

Adam Joseph Lewis Center Sunday Noon

Home

This 5 bedroom home was built in the early 1900’s and purchased by the Frantz family in 2002. Twelve panel photovoltaic array with wall mounted monitor supplies one third to one half the homes electrical needs. Energy Conservation measures include a tankless water heater, energy efficient appliances, added insulation in walls, attic, basement and new double pane, and low-e windows throughout the house. Technology Site Year Installed

Solar Electric and Other Home 2003

The Jones Farm hosts an organic community supported farm, a free-range livestock operation, a small apiary, a 22 acre wooded preserve, 12 acres of restored wetlands, a restoration ecology research station. For more information about the George Jones Farm and The New Agrarian Center, visit: http://www.gotthenac.org. Technology Solar Thermal, Passive Solar and Other Site Farm Year Initiated 2002 and 2007

This home features eight rooftop photovoltaic arrays, two inverters, and long-lasting and water-conservative batteries for 24-hour power back-up and have invested in an outback MX60 charge controller to direct the system’s evolving power output optimally between the batteries and the grid-tie. Energy Star rated home appliances, and CFL light bulbs. Technology

Solar Electric and Other

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Home

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The Burgess Residence

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The George Jones Farm

Solar Electric, Solar Thermal, and Passive Solar

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The Frantz Residence

Technology

The Rybarcyk Residence

Four Gobi flat plate solar thermal collectors supplying heat in a closed loop-system to radiant floor tubes in the home, four BP 16W photovoltaic modules mounted on a Zomeworks solar tracking rack which follows the sun throughout the day, twelve BP 175W photovoltaic modules mounted over the skylights of the back patio roof, two arrays of Sunlight Solar evacuated tube solar thermal collectors (60 tubes total) mounted. on the back wall of the garage.

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