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Resolution 986-13 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br /> <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 /> <br />GROUND MOUNTED PANELS: Freestanding solar panels mounted to the ground by <br />use of stabilizers or similar apparatus. <br /> <br />GROUND MOUNTED WECS: Freestanding WECS mounted to the ground with <br />footings or other apparatus. <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM: An active solar energy system that converts solar energy <br />directly into electricity. <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 />