VREC Hosts Solar Water Heating Workshop Sept 23rd

VREC Hosts Solar Water Heating Workshop Sept 23rd

As part of our mandate to help make renewable energy systems more
affordable, the Vancouver Renewable Energy Cooperative
(VREC) is offering a solar hot water installation
workshop
on September 23rd.

This workshop is designed for homeowners and others who are interested in
installing one of these systems on their own home, or in understanding the
installation process. This workshop will help you save installation costs
and be better informed about a technology that saves money and reduces
greenhouse gasses.

The one-day workshop is hands-on and will be held Sunday, September 23rd in
North Vancouver during the day (exact time and location to be announced). It
will be taught by experienced installer Mike Anderson. Together, workshop
participants will install a type of system that is the simplest to install,
a three season batch solar heater.
Suitable rooftops for solar water heating systems will have a flat or
south-facing portion that receives full sun for several hours each day
during majority of the year. These systems may be twinned with a
conventional hot water tank or a tankless hot water heater, or used as a
stand alone hot water system for buildings not currently served by hot
water.

The three season system is ideal for a summer cottage or as an
economical alternative to a four-seasons system for a year round home. The
system owner must drain it for the winter months. Four season systems which
don't require draining are also available, but aren't the focus of this
workshop.

A discussion of shading and siting of these systems will be
included in the workshop.
The cost to attend this one day workshop is $80. The workshop is offered
free of charge to people who purchase a batch solar water heater from VREC
prior to the date of the workshop.

For more information please contact
main@vanrenewable.org or call 778-869-8333
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o register and pay online using paypal, please visit
the following link
and send $80 to robert@vanrenewable.org
(You don't need a paypal account to do this, just a credit card) Indicate
the description that it is for the SHW workshop. You will receive a
confirmation email with the course details.

You can also mail a cheque to
VREC at 2046 Franklin Street, Vancouver BC V5L 1R3.
For more information on the type of system that will be installed at the
workshop please visit: www.workshops.vrec.ca

For more information about the Vancouver Renewable Energy Coop, visit
www.vrec.ca or www.vanrenewable.org
Sophia Kelly
Board Member
Vancouver Renewable Energy Cooperative
Green Energy - Democratic Economics - Locally Based
www.vanrenewable.org
vrec 877-869-8333