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Resolution 986-13 <br />Page 4 <br />GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: Renewable enerqv qenerated from the interior of the earth <br />and used to produce enerqy for heatinq buildinqs or servinq buildinq commercial or <br />industrial processes. <br />GROUND MOUNTED PANELS: Freestandinq solar panels mounted to the qround bv <br />use of stabilizers or similar apqaratus. <br />GROUND MOUNTED WECS: Freestandinq WECS mounted to the qround with <br />footinqs 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 heatinq in the <br />winter and coolinq 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 coolinq; and an air distribution svstem. <br />The energy must be used on-site. <br />HEAT TRANSFER FLUID: A non-toxic and food qrade fluid such as potable water <br />aqueous solutions of propylene qlycol not to exceed twenty percent (20%) by weiqht or <br />�ueous solutions of potassium acetate not to exceed twentv percent (20%) by weiqht. <br />PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM: An active solar enerqv svstem that converts solar enerqv <br />directly into electricitv. <br />RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM: A solar enerqv or wind enerqy system. Renewable <br />enerqy systems do not include passive svstems that serve a dual function such as a <br />qreenhouse or window. <br />ROOF OR BUILDING MOUNTED SES: Solar energv svstem (panels) that are mounted <br />to the roof or buildinq usinq brackets stands or other apparatus. <br />ROOF PITCH: The final exterior slope of a buildinq roof calculated by the rise over the <br />run, typically, but not exclusivelv expressed in twelfths such as 3/12 9/12 12/12. <br />SOLAR ACCESS: A view of the sun, from anv point on the collector surtace that is not <br />obscured by any veaetation, buildinq. or obiect 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 dav of the year. <br />SOLAR COLLECTOR: A device, structure or a part of a device or structure for which <br />the primarv purpose is to transform solar radiant enerqv into thermal, mechanical. <br />chemical, or electrical enerqv. <br />