No.

981 Tanana Solar Domestic Hot Water Heating Project

Proposer: City of Tanana

Benefit/Cost Ratio: Applicant, as shown on paper application: Not Provided

Applicant as calculated by economist on applicant worksheet in
model: .92
AEA worksheet: .53

Project Description
The City of Tanana is requesting grant funding for a Solar Thermal system that will be used
for Domestic Hot Water (DHW) heating. The applicant is requesting $81,700 in grant funds
this round and It will provide $50,000 in in-kind for a total project cost of $131,700. The city
is currently installing biomass space heating system using solar thermal collectors. Large
domestic hot water demand arises from the Tribal Elders Residential complex and the
Citys Senior housing four-plex. Existing bio-mass GARN boilers exist at both locations, but
at the City Senior Housing the internal GARN storage tank will be utilized, and in the Tribal
Elder Complex, supplemental storage tanks will be installed. The City has used DOE
EECBG funding to install biomass space heating at the Senior Housing site that includes
thermal storage at a value of $50,000. Applicant allocates this $50,000 value toward
thermal storage capacity and interface hardware needed to integrate the solar thermal
system into the buildings domestic water heating system. Economist included the in-kind
contribution to total project cost for this analysis, however. The two buildings owners and
their residents will not be billed for the reduced costs the project provides.

Contribution to Lowering the Cost of Energy

The solar thermal collectors will lower the amount of heating fuel purchased annually by
the two buildings to heat their DHW.

Assumptions Modified
The following assumptions were modified (or clarified) from what was provided in the
grant application.
Applicant provided an offset fuel usage of 912 gallons annually. Economist
calculations indicate that this figure could be as low 712 gallons. Applicant sheet
reflects reported figure, and AEA sheet reflects economist figure.

Concerns
DOE Funding Bio-Mass Progress. Applicant timeline is based on the successful
completion of the Bio-Mass system, so that the tie-in for the Solar Thermal project has
a complete system to tie into.

Possible Enhancements / Recommendations

Provide manufacture warranty claims and guarantees of proposed system.

Provide Bio-Mass DOE funded project update and status report due to fact that
solar thermal system benefit required on time completion.

Potential Public Benefits

Reduced annual heating costs

-1- September 21, 2012