In Part 2, we discussed how to measure hot water consumption and hot water energy use in a mid-sized hotel. We looked at what the data meant regarding the energy saving potential of a solar thermal water heating system. This particular hotel uses about...
Recently, I have been conducting research on optimizing solar thermal water heating systems for hotels. Hotels are among the best sites for solar domestic hot water (SDHW) systems because of their large and constant hot water load (a third of the energy used in...