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Ordinance 883 <br /> Page 4 <br /> GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: Renewable energy generated from the interior of the earth <br /> and used to produce energy for heating buildings or serving building commercial or <br /> industrial processes. <br /> GROUND MOUNTED PANELS: Freestanding solar panels mounted to the ground by <br /> use of stabilizers or similar apparatus. <br /> GROUND MOUNTED WECS: Freestanding WECS mounted to the ground with <br /> footings or other apparatus. <br /> GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM (GSHPS): A system that uses the <br /> relatively constant temperature of the earth or a body of water to provide heating in the <br /> winter and cooling in the summer. System components include closed loops of pipe, <br /> coils or plates; a fluid that absorbs and transfers heat; and a heat pump unit that <br /> processes heat for use or disperses heat for cooling; and an air distribution system. <br /> The energy must be used on-site. <br /> HEAT TRANSFER FLUID: A non-toxic and food grade fluid such as potable water, <br /> aqueous solutions of propylene glycol not to exceed twenty percent (20%) by weight or <br /> aqueous solutions of potassium acetate not to exceed twenty percent (20%) by weight. <br /> PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM: An active solar energy system that converts solar energy <br /> directly into electricity. <br /> RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM: A solar energy or wind energy system. Renewable <br /> energy systems do not include passive systems that serve a dual function, such as a <br /> greenhouse or window. <br /> ROOF OR BUILDING MOUNTED SES: Solar energy system (panels) that are mounted <br /> to the roof or building using brackets, stands or other apparatus. <br /> ROOF PITCH: The final exterior slope of a building roof calculated by the rise over the <br /> run, typically, but not exclusively, expressed in twelfths such as 3/12, 9/12, 12/12. <br /> SOLAR ACCESS: A view of the sun, from any point on the collector surface that is not <br /> obscured by any vegetation, building, or object located on parcels of land other than the <br /> parcel upon which the solar collector is located, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 <br /> PM Standard Time on any day of the year. <br /> SOLAR COLLECTOR: A device, structure or a part of a device or structure for which <br /> the primary purpose is to transform solar radiant energy into thermal, mechanical, <br /> chemical, or electrical energy. <br />