Project Summary: NAS Jax Solar Water Heating System for Water Survival Training Facility, Jacksonville, FL

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Photo is from a distance and shows the sun rising in the background, over a rooftop covered in solar panels on a building at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida.

Photo courtesy of Gary White, Florida Solar Services.

Photo shows the sun rising in the background, over five rows of solar panels on the roof of a building at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida.

Photo courtesy of Gary White, Florida Solar Services.

Photo shows a solar thermal drainback tank. Tank includes drainage pipes that come down along the side of the building from the roof, about halfway down the pipes turn at a 90 degree angle to drain into a tall, cylindrical tank.

Photo courtesy of Gary White, Florida Solar Services.

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Project Name	NAS Jax Solar Water Heating System for Water Survival Training Facility
Owner/Operator	Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jax)
City/County	Jacksonville
State	Florida
Utility Name	JEA
Date Operational	September 2010
Application	Water heating
Building Type	Industrial
Building or Application Size	2,100 Heating Mbtus
Collector Type	Flat-plate
Collector Area	6,720 ft²
Collector Manufacturer	Alternate Energy Technologies (AET)
Storage System Type	Water
Storage Size	270,000 gallons
Auxiliary Fuel	Natural gas
System Installation Contractor	Florida Solar Services, LLC
Contractor Contact	Gary White
Brief Project Description	By installing 168 solar thermal flat plate collectors to heat the Navy's aquatic survival training pool, the Navy will save approximately $100,000 per year in energy costs. The solar pool heating and domestic hot water system is a differential-controlled, indirect drain-back system.
For More Information	Florida Solar Services Web site
Project Contact	CDR Susan M. Jay, MSC, USN