Abstract: The Solar Demonstration Program is a key element of the Ontario Ministry of Energy Renewable Energy Program. Under the demonstration program a number of residential and commercial/institutional projects have been designed and constructed and are becoming operational. The cost information from a variety of projects based on actual tender prices is presented and will assist in estimating costs for future projects. When combined with predicted performance data, the capital cost information will also provide the base data for calculation of the cost effectiveness of solar heating in Ontario. Recent cost data from the United States Commercial Solar Demonstration Program Cycle II are also presented for comparison and future trends in costs are discussed, based on work by the MITRE Corporation in the U.S. Problems that have been encountered in the tendering of solar projects are outlined with suggestions on how to avoid these in future projects. The Ministry expects in future, to be able to report actual performance data on current projects resulting from the monitoring program of the National Research Council of Canada or from the Ministry's own performance evaluation program.
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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