Link Building PV project By: Culver Matt Labaume Natasha Narnio Guillaume Roux Arnaud Stanton Andrew Thompson Matt Troyano Joana ENS Renewable Energy

Energy and the Link Building By: Andrew Stanton Natasha Labaume

Link Building 3 stories About 456 lights Approximately 54 computers Air conditioning set at o F

Energy Draw Copy machine on from 8 to 5=190w Copy machine copying=900w Lights are 40w and 32w Computers in 1 st floor lab: monitors draw 55w, and the CPU draw 42w New computers draw: w with monitor New monitors draw 3w FPL charges $0.08/kwh Difference between old and new monitors is 52w

Solution 1 Shutdown all computers at night and on weekends – this would save the school about $1000/year

Solution 2 The second and better solution would be for the computers that have old monitors to be replaced by new ones. – This would increase the savings to $2800/year – Buying 20 new monitors would cost about $6000, payback time would be just under 2.5 years

Solar energy resource and weather: By: Guillaume Narnio Matt Thompson

Resources Data from FSEC Office Building Downloadable Database Parameters Selected in Monthly Intervals for Corresponding Year Five Years of Data Saved as Text File Imported into Microsoft Excel©

Analysis of solar radiation on 4/7/03 at FSEC OB

Total normal radiation on 4/7/03 at FSEC Office Building

Average Daily Total Normal Radiation (w/m^2) Received at FSEC Office Building, Cocoa Beach, Florida

Monthly Average Hours of Usable Solar Radiation (Above 1000 w/m^2) in Florida

Average of 5 years of Average Total Normal Radiation from FSEC Office Building

Trends Melbourne, Florida has approximately 5.4 hours of usable sunlight per day – Number greatest in April, May, June – Number lowest in November, December, January Average daily total normal radiation is approximately w/m 2 – Number highest in April, May, June – Number lowest in November, December, January – Note: Average is over 24 hours a day, for 365 days

Solar System efficiency The efficiency of a solar panel depends on two majors factors: The temperature of the air The solar intensity available and minutes of sunshine The wind speed is given for information. (stress applied on the array)

Temperature Factor

Calculations of possible outputs

Wind Factor

Proposed solar system By Arnaud Roux

Characteristics 3KW array 12 or 24v Dc converted to 110v AC Grid inter-connected Battery storage – optional Data logging capacity

Costs Generally $8 to $10 per watt installed Rebate of $5 per watt installed Generate electricity that can sold back to FPL  net-metering $0.08 per watt Maintenance

Funding and financing By Matt Culver

Funding: Options Explored Florida Solar Energy Center FIT Foundation Relations Internet

Funding Possibilities Florida Solar Energy Center FIT Foundation Relations Heineman Foundation Darden Restaurants Target Stores The Rayonier Foundation INTERNET U.S. Department of Energy Department of Housing and Urban Development Florida Community Development Organization Florida Energy Office Florida Power and Light Database for State Incentives for Renewable Energy others

Funding: Conclusions Prioritize Funding Start Early (application periods can be long) Schedule Project Accordingly

Educational goal By Joana Troyano

Education and Renewable Energy The rapidly growing Renewable Energy industry (i.e. Photovoltaic, Solar Energy, etc.) is creating a shortage of appropriately trained engineers. International studies predict the creation of more than a million jobs in the PV industry alone by Florida Tech is now getting involved with the creation of a Renewable Energy and Meteorological Field Station.

Why should it be implemented? It would be an important step in bringing the school closer to the increasingly important alternative energy sources such as solar and wind. It will increase international interest on Florida Tech as a technological institute that provides research facilities on Renewable Energy for student and faculty. It will take advantage of the potential of Florida solar radiation as a RE source.

Benefits Because of climate and topography, solar energy is a viable source of RE energy in Florida. Taking advantage of this fact, it would be important to play a role in the increasing RE industry. In the future, the school could increase the size of the field station and widen its cooperation with companies in the sector.

Conclusions Short term savings aspects are more appropriate for the Link Building Long term benefits: - Educational tool - Valuable asset

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