[SustainableTompkins] would solar thermal work for Ithaca?

[Patricia Haines]

Stories like that below from miles-ahead-of-us Canada are why being part of this listserv is s
valuable - might such an experiment - solar thermal - work here in Ithaca?

----- Original Message -----
From: GayNicholson at aol.com
To: sustainabletompkins at lists.mutualaid.org
Sent: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:59:50 EDT
Subject: [SustainableTompkins] interesting Canadian solar community under	development

> _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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