Solar, Codes & Architecture: Solar, Codes & Architecture Peter Caradonna Peter Caradonna Architecture & Planning 2green Building Strategies LEED Accredited Professional Chair US Green Building Council Long Island


This project has been built to code.What does that mean?: This project has been built to code. What does that mean? It is built to the highest standards. It is built to maximum effectiveness. It creates a safe and healthy environment. or It has been built to the minimum standard before it would be deemed illegal, unsafe and unhealthy to the occupants who use it.


New York State Energy Conservation Code: New York State Energy Conservation Code The least amount of effort that is put forth to conserve energy and therefore: Capital Resources Health Biodiversity Environment The Earth


Renewable Nuclear Power: Renewable Nuclear Power Where is the best place to locate a nuclear power plant? 93,000,000 miles away


Solar Energy: Solar Energy Passive Solar – sunlight used to light, heat and cool a building. Active Solar – a system of solar collectors used to create electricity or heat a building.


Definitions: Definitions §E202 GENERAL DEFINITIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES. Sources of energy (excluding minerals) derived from incoming solar radiation, including natural daylighting and photosynthetic processes; from phenomena resulting there from, including wood, wind, waves and tides, lake or pond thermal differences; and from the internal heat of the earth, including nocturnal thermal exchanges. SOLAR ENERGY SOURCE. Source of natural daylighting and of thermal, chemical or electrical energy derived directly from conversion of incident solar radiation.


§E403 RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE ANALYSIS: §E403 RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE ANALYSIS §E403.1 General. A proposed building utilizing solar, geothermal, wind or other renewable energy sources for all or part of its energy source shall meet the requirements of §E402, except that the provisions of this section shall also apply. §E403.1.1 Equivalent energy sources. The Standard design shall use energy sources as determined by Table E403.1.1. §E403.1.2 Solar energy systems, active. To qualify under this section, solar energy must be derived from a specific collection and distribution system. §E403.1.3 Solar energy systems, passive. To qualify under this section, space heating energy must be derived from the absorption of solar radiation by specific building materials and its release to the conditioned space. §E403.2 Documentation. Proposed alternative designs submitted as requests for exception to the Standard design criteria shall be accompanied by an energy analysis, as specified in §E402. The report shall provide technical detail on the alternative building and system designs and on the data employed in and resulting from the comparative analysis to verify that both the analysis and the designs meet the criteria of §E402 and §E403. The energy derived from renewable energy sources shall be clearly identified in the report.


Energy Analysis: Energy Analysis Energy Plus DOE 2 modeling REM Design HEED Energy-10


CHAPTER M14 - SOLAR SYSTEMS: CHAPTER M14 - SOLAR SYSTEMS §M1401 GENERAL §M1401.1 Scope. This chapter shall govern the construction, installation, alteration and repair of systems, equipment and appliances intended to utilize solar energy for space heating or cooling, domestic hot water heating, swimming pool heating or process heating. §M1401.2 Potable water supply. Potable water systems shall be protected against contamination in accordance with the Plumbing Code of New York State. EXCEPTION: Where all solar system piping is a part of the potable water distribution system, in accordance with the requirements of the Plumbing Code of New York State, and all components of the piping system are listed for potable water use, cross-connection protection measures shall not be required. §M1401.3 Heat exchangers. Heat exchangers used in domestic water-heating systems shall be approved for the intended use. The system shall have adequate protection to ensure that the potability of the water supply and distribution system is properly safeguarded. §M1401.4 Solar energy equipment and appliances. Solar energy equipment and appliances shall conform to the requirements of this chapter and shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's installation instructions. §M1401.5 Ducts. Ducts utilized in solar heating and cooling systems shall be constructed and installed in accordance with Chapter M6 of this code.


§M1402 - INSTALLATION: §M1402 - INSTALLATION §§M1402.1 Access. Access shall be provided to solar energy equipment and appliances for maintenance. Solar systems and appurtenances shall not obstruct or interfere with the operation of any doors, windows, or other building components requiring operation or access. §M1402.1.1 Protection of equipment. Solar equipment exposed to vehicular traffic shall be installed not less than 6 feet above the finished floor. EXCEPTION: This section shall not apply where the equipment is protected from motor vehicle impact. §M1402.2 Controlling condensation. Where attics or structural spaces are part of a passive solar system, ventilation of such spaces, as required by §M406, is not required where other approved means of controlling condensation are provided. §M1402.3 Roof-mounted collectors. Roof-mounted solar collectors that also serve as a roof covering shall conform to the requirements for roof coverings in accordance with the Building Code of New York State. EXCEPTION: The use of plastic solar collector covers shall be limited to those approved plastics meeting the requirements for plastic roof panels in the Building Code of New York State. §M1402.3.1 Collectors mounted above the roof. When mounted on or above the roof covering, the collector array and supporting construction shall be constructed of noncombustible materials or fire-retardant-treated wood conforming to the Building Code of New York State to the extent required for the type of roof construction of the building to which the collectors are accessory. EXCEPTION: The use of plastic solar collector covers shall be limited to those approved plastics meeting the requirements for plastic roof panels in the Building Code of New York State.


§M1402 - INSTALLATION: §M1402 - INSTALLATION §M1402.4 Equipment. The solar energy system shall be equipped in accordance with the requirements of §M1402.4.1 through §M1402.4.4. §M1402.4.1 Pressure and temperature. Solar energy system components containing pressurized fluids shall be protected against pressures and temperatures exceeding design limitations with a pressure and temperature relief valve. Each section of the system in which excessive pressures are capable of developing shall have a relief device located so that a section cannot be valved off or otherwise isolated from a relief device. Relief valves shall comply with the requirements of §M1006.4 and discharge in accordance with §M1006.6. §M1402.4.2 Vacuum. The solar energy system components that are subjected to a vacuum while in operation or during shutdown shall be designed to withstand such vacuum or shall be protected with vacuum relief valves. §M1402.4.3 Protection from freezing. System components shall be protected from damage by freezing of heat transfer liquids at the lowest ambient temperatures that will be encountered during the operation of the system. §M1402.4.4 Expansion tanks. Liquid single-phase solar energy systems shall be equipped with expansion tanks sized in accordance with §M1009. §M1402.5 Roof penetrations. Roof penetrations shall be flashed to prevent entry of water, rodents and insects. §M1402.6 Filtering. Air transported to occupied spaces through rock or dust-producing materials by means other than natural convection shall be filtered at the outlet from the heat storage system.


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