[SustainableTompkins] interesting Canadian solar community under development

[GayNicholson at aol.com]

_http://dlsc.ca/index.htm_ (http://dlsc.ca/index.htm) 
 
 
The Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC) is located in Okotoks, Alberta,  15 
minutes south of Calgary. The unique feature of DLSC is that  90 percent of 
space heating needs for the community’s  52 single-detached homes will be met by 
solar thermal energy, a feat  unprecedented anywhere else in the world.  
The DLSC is also the first major implementation in North America of a  
technology known as seasonal solar thermal energy storage. Solar thermal energy  is 
collected in the summer, stored underground, and then returned to the homes  
as heat during the winter. 
(see website for more) 

The DLSC project was conceived by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), a  
department of the Government of Canada. NRCan established partnerships  with 
innovative, environmentally conscious companies that have  longstanding, credible 
reputations within their industries. 
Funding Partners
    *   _Program of Energy Research and Development_ 
(http://www2.nrcan.gc.ca/es/oerd/english/View.asp?x=1) , Government  of Canada  
    *   _Renewable Energy Deployment Initiative_ 
(http://www2.nrcan.gc.ca/es/erb/erb/english/View.asp?x=68) , Natural  Resources Canada  
    *   _Technology Early Action Measures_ 
(http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/team/) , Government of Canada   
    *   _Green Municipal Fund_ (http://www.fcm.ca/) ,  Federation of Canadian 
Municipalities  
    *   _Climate Change Central_ 
(http://www.climatechangecentral.com/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=776)   
    *   _ATCO Gas_ (http://www.atcogas.com/)   
    *   _Innovation  Program_ 
(http://www.innovation.gov.ab.ca/inno-program/index.cfm) , Government of Alberta  
    *   _Sustainable Development  Technology Canada_ (http://www.sdtc.ca/)   
    *   _United Communities_ 
(http://www.unitedcommunities.com/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=480)   
    *   _Sterling Homes Ltd._ 
(http://www.sterlinghomesgroup.com/sterling/sabout.html)   
    *   _Alberta Environment_ (http://environment.gov.ab.ca/default.aspx) , 
Government of Alberta 
Project Participants
    *   _CANMET  Energy Technology Centre, Natural Resources Canada_ 
(http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/es/etb/cetc/)  – project leader  
    *   _SAIC Canada_ (http://www.saic.com/)  – project coordinator   
    *   _United  Communities_ 
(http://www.unitedcommunities.com/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=452)  – developer  
    *   _Sterling Homes Ltd._ 
(http://www.sterlinghomesgroup.com/sterling/sabout.html)  – homebuilder  
    *   _ATCO Gas_ (http://www.atcogas.com/)  –  utility operator  
    *   _Town of Okotoks_ (http://www.okotoks.ca/)  –  project facilitator  
    *   _Climate Change  Division, Atlantic Region, Environment Canada_ 
(http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/index_e.html)  – thermal storage  design  
    *   _IFTech  International_ (http://www.iftechinternational.com/)  – 
thermal storage design  
    *   _Enermodal  Engineering Ltd._ (http://www.enermodal.com/)  – solar 
and heating system design  
    *   _Bodycote  Materials Testing Canada Inc._ 
(http://www.na.bodycote-mt.com/home.asp?lang=1&mode=&fold=&category_id=4BAC449DAC4311D5A3700004ACE6D2F0&ty
pe_id=1)  – design support and solar equipment  testing  
    *   _Thermal Energy System  Specialists_ (http://www.tess-inc.com/)  – 
computer modeling and simulation  
    *   _EnerWorks  Inc._ (http://www.enerworks.com/ie.asp)  – solar 
collector and solar domestic hot water system supplier  
    *   _Nu-Air  Ventilation Systems Inc._ 
(http://www.nu-airventilation.com/)  – air-handler unit supplier  
    *   Sunbow Consulting Ltd. – subdivision design  
    *   _Hurst Construction  Management Inc._ 
(http://www.hurstconstruction.ca/)  – energy centre building and system construction  
    *   _Howell-Mayhew Engineering Inc._ (mailto:ghowell at hme.ca) –  
performance monitoring 
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Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.  

Sustainable Tompkins 
Program Coordinator 
_www.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) 

607-533-7312 (home office)
607-279-6618 (cell)

1  Maple Avenue
Lansing, NY 14882
gaynicholson at aol.com

Southern Tier  Energy$mart Communities
Regional Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension  of Tompkins County
615 Willow Ave., Ithaca, NY  14850
agn1 at cornell.edu