Project description
UGC provided design, engineering, project management and commissioning for the U.S. Marine Corps at their Parris Island facility in Beaufort, South Carolina. The MCRD uses the system to provide cooling and hot water for the 15 Battalion mess hall.
The solar thermal air-conditioning system consists of 85 evacuated tube collectors – A unique advantage of the design utilized water as the heat transfer medium in the solar collectors with absolutely no concentration of glycol.
Summary:
- Powered by 85
- Roof-mount racking system for 125 mph hurricane rating.
- 1000 gallons of hot water storage and 80 ton adsorption.
- Offsetting approximately 14,000 therms of natural gas
- Excess solar hot water used by domestic hot water system.
- Balanced design with existing infrastructure and backup energy sources
