U.S.A. Conserval Systems Inc. 4242 Ridge Lea Road, Suite 28, Buffalo, NY 14226 P: 716-835-4903 F: 716-83 5-4904 E: [email protected] www.solarwall.com Canada Conserval Engineering Inc. 200 Wildcat Road, Toronto, ON M3J 2N5 P: 416-661-7057 F: 416-661-7146 E: [email protected] www.solarwall.com SolarWall® systems are patent protected. SolarWall® is a registered trademark of Conserval Engineering, Inc. FedEx Industrial Background The regional manager of FedEx wanted to minimize energy usage at a new distribution center that was under construction near Denver, Colorado, by incorporating solar air heating into the building design. With numerous trucks passing through the facility, the building code classified the building in the same category as a “parking garage”, with a ventilation air requirement of 1.5 cfm/ft 2 of floor area. To heat this volume of air using conventional methods would be prohibitively expensive. Solution A 5,000 ft 2 (465 m 2 ) Colonial Red SolarWall system was selected for the FedEx distribution center to preheat the ventilation air. The solar paneling provides 2,300 million BTUs of heat energy to the building each and every year. The system also included three solar fans that deliver 45,000 cfm of heated ventilation air throughout the building via 660 feet of fabric ducting. The brilliant red color of the wall was used to make an architectural statement, which was tied to the rest of the building via a horizontal red feature line that wrapped around the entire building. The solar heating system produced immediate savings of about $12,000 each year at 1996 natural gas prices. (The savings are now much greater.) The financing of the system was arranged so that the initial cost was paid for by the developer who owns the building. The increased lease payment due to the SolarWall installation was $400/ month, while FedEx saw a $1,000/month reduction in energy costs. This meant that the company realized immediate and ongoing savings of $600/month! FedEx management was pleased with the system and they hosted a press conference to showcase the opening of the solar heated building. The end result of this project was: • Substantially and permanently lower heating costs for the company • An aesthetically eye-catching building • High indoor air quality • Media coverage FedEx’s SolarWall system also prevents 127 tons of CO 2 from being released each year into the atmosphere. Left: Colonial Red SolarWall ® panels installed on the south wall of FedEx’s Denver, Colorado distribution center. Above: FedEx and government personnel at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

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U.S.A.Conserval Systems Inc.4242 Ridge Lea Road, Suite 28, Buffalo, NY 14226P: 716-835-4903 F: 716-835-4904E: [email protected]

CanadaConserval Engineering Inc.200 Wildcat Road, Toronto, ON M3J 2N5P: 416-661-7057 F: 416-661-7146E: [email protected]

SolarWall® systems are patent protected. SolarWall® is a registered trademark of Conserval Engineering, Inc.

FedEx

Industrial

Background

The regional manager of FedEx wanted to minimizeenergy usage at a new distribution center that was underconstruction near Denver, Colorado, by incorporatingsolar air heating into the building design. With numeroustrucks passing through the facility, the building codeclassified the building in the same category as a “parkinggarage”, with a ventilation air requirement of 1.5 cfm/ft2 of

floor area. To heat this volume of air using conventionalmethods would be prohibitively expensive.

Solution

A 5,000 ft2 (465 m2) Colonial Red SolarWall system wasselected for the FedEx distribution center to preheat theventilation air. The solar paneling provides 2,300 millionBTUs of heat energy to the building each and every year.The system also included three solar fans that deliver45,000 cfm of heated ventilation air throughout thebuilding via 660 feet of fabric ducting.

The brilliant red color of the wall was used to make anarchitectural statement, which was tied to the rest of the

building via a horizontal red feature line that wrappedaround the entire building.

The solar heating system produced immediate savings oabout $12,000 each year at 1996 natural gas prices. (Thesavings are now much greater.) The financing of thesystem was arranged so that the initial cost was paid foby the developer who owns the building. The increasedlease payment due to the SolarWall installation was $400

month, while FedEx saw a $1,000/month reduction inenergy costs. This meant that the company realizedimmediate and ongoing savings of $600/month! FedExmanagement was pleased with the system and theyhosted a press conference to showcase the opening othe solar heated building.

The end result of this project was:

• Substantially and permanently lower heating costs forthe company

• An aesthetically eye-catching building• High indoor air quality

• Media coverage

FedEx’s SolarWall system also prevents 127 tons of CO2

from being released each year into the atmosphere.

Left: Colonial Red SolarWall ® panels installed on

the south wall of FedEx’s Denver, Colorado distribution

center.

Above: FedEx and government

personnel at the ribbon cutting ceremony.