Municipal Solar Pool Heating Retrofit Feasibility Project
Type of initiative
FCM Green Municipal Fund - Plans, Studies, Pilots
Sector
Energy
Project value$95,000
Project Type
Feasibility Study
Sub Sector
Building – Existing – with Renewable energy
Grant amount$47,500
Program type
GMF
Municipality
Invalid Account Metro Vancouver, BC
Status
Fully Disbursed
Population
0
Project timeline
2001 - 2008
Project number
13
Description
The Regional District's Air Quality Department, in partnership with member municipalities, will study the cost and energysavings and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that would result from installing solar-thermal heating systems at19 municipal swimming pools. The pools currently use natural gas boilers to heat water for the pools. Solar heatingtechnology will improve air quality and reduce the municipalities' use of natural gas, cutting emissions of carbon dioxide(a major greenhouse gas) and nitrogen oxides, a component of smog. It is estimated the retrofits will reduce annualenergy requirements by 25 to 50 per cent and that the savings on energy costs will pay for the retrofits within 10 years orless.
Applicant
Invalid Account Metro Vancouver, BC