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GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM (GSHPS): A system that uses the relatively constant temperature of the earth or a body of water to provide heating in the winter and cooling in the summer. System components include closed loops of pipe, coils or plates; a fluid that absorbs and transfers heat; and a heat pump unit that processes heat for use or disperses heat for cooling; and an air distribution system. The energy must be used on-site. HEAT TRANSFER FLUID: A non-toxic and food grade fluid such as potable water, aqueous solutions of propylene glycol not to exceed twenty percent (20%) by weight or aqueous solutions of potassium acetate not to exceed twenty percent (20%) by weight. PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM: An active solar energy system that converts solar energy directly into electricity. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM: A solar energy or wind energy system. Renewable energy systems do not include passive systems that serve a dual function, such as a greenhouse or window. ROOF OR BUILDING MOUNTED SES: Solar energy system (panels) that are mounted to the roof or building using brackets, stands or other apparatus. ROOF PITCH: The final exterior slope of a building roof calculated by the rise over the run, typically, but not exclusively, expressed in twelfths such as 3/12, 9/12, 12/12. SOLAR ACCESS: A view of the sun, from any point on the collector surface that is not obscured by any vegetation, building, or object located on parcels of land other than the parcel upon which the solar collector is located, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM Standard Time on any day of the year. SOLAR COLLECTOR: A device, structure or a part of a device or structure for which the primary purpose is to transform solar radiant energy into thermal, mechanical, chemical, or electrical energy. SOLAR COLLECTOR SURFACE: Any part of a solar collector that absorbs solar energy for use in the collector’s energy transformation process. Collector surface does not include frames, supports and mounting hardware. SOLAR ENERGY: Radiant energy received from the sun that can be collected in the form of heat or light by a solar collector. SOLAR ENERGY EASEMENT: An easement that limits the height or location, or both, of permissible development on the burdened land in terms of a structure or vegetation, or both, for the purpose of providing access for the benefited land to wind or sunlight passing over the burdened land. SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM (SES): An active solar energy system that collects or stores solar energy and transforms solar energy into another form of energy or transfers heat from a collector to another medium using mechanical, electrical, or chemical means. 2