solarwall case study - avon theatre; stratford shakespeare festival - solar air heating system
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8/6/2019 Solarwall Case Study - Avon Theatre; Stratford Shakespeare Festival - solar air heating system
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Avon Theatre; Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Institutional
Background
The Avon Theatre is home to the world famous StratfordShakespeare Festival. The theatre was originally con-structed in 1901 (as a vaudeville house) called TheatreAlbert, but by the 1950s it was being used mainly as amovie theatre. The Stratford Shakespeare Festival boughtthe building and surrounding land in 1963 and have sub-sequently commissioned numerous major renovations tothe theatre, including a massive renewal project com-pleted in 2002. Currently, the theatre seats 1090 people.In 2010 a new heating system was specified along with aSolarWall ® solar air heating system to augment the con-ventional gas-fired system.
Solution
The SolarWall ® solar air heating system preheats the in-coming ventilation air for the theatre before it reaches theHVAC system, thereby offsetting the traditional heatingload and reducing GHG emissions.
The Avon Theatre’s black SolarWall ® system consists ofthree large walls; West (1,788 ft2); South (2,354 ft2); andEast (1,120 ft2), which are all on the tower above thestage.
Results
The upgrades to the Avon Theatre heating system(including the SolarWall ® system) were supported in partby a grant from the federal government. The SolarWallsystem is projected to reduce 59 tonnes of GHG per year,reduce over 28,000 m3 of natural gas consumption annu-ally, and save over $7,000 on their heating bill (annually).
“It’s going to cause us to use less energy to pre-heat our fresh-air intake and we’ll use less natural gas,” he added,“which is good for all of us.”* -Jeff Heggie, Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s facilities manager
The East and South facing walls of the SolarWall ® system at The Avon Theatre.
*Quotation from:
SolarWall to heat things up at Avon Theatre, March 10, 2011, by Jeff Heuchert;http://www.stratfordgazette.com/news/article/96835
The West facing wall of the SolarWall ® system at The Avon Theatre.
Left, the West and South facing walls of the SolarWall
® system.