Lucky timing lead to Rob and I getting the chance to visit a house on Huron St North (Hintonburg area) to see solar panels being installed. Peter of Isolara showed us how the panels will be used to meet the domestic hot water needs for this house (plus apartment unit). In this case, the conduit down to the basement where the tanks are to be located is being installed outside of the exterior wall (in our case, it would be interior). From the photo, you can see that it looks like a typical downspout. This installation apparently also includes remote sensing so that the resident can track the savings from installing the system.
While I have mentioned the Sustainable Ottawa H20 grant before, I wanted to mention it again. Visit http://www.sustainableottawa.ca/ for more information on an additional grant that is available in the Ottawa area for the installation of solar panels for heating domestic hot water (additional because it is above and beyond the NRCan energy audit grant).
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