| Country
Club SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM |
| The 38,000 Square Foot Country Club at the
city of Cocoa Beach's Recreational Complex offers casual
to elegant dining in the restaurant and lounge, a 600
seat capacity auditorium, conference rooms and complete
banquet facilities. The facility uses large quantities of
hot water in providing food service in the various areas.
A new solar water heating system recently installed at
the clubhouse provides hot water for the kitchen. The
solar system uses four, forty square foot solar thermal
collectors to heat seventy percent of the hot water used
daily at the restaurant.
Healey & Associates designed a "drain-back" type system which provides freeze protection automatically by draining the solar collectors and exterior piping whenever the pump is not operating. Freeze protection of solar water heating systems is required in most Florida locations even though the potential for freezing is minimal.
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Restaurants
typically use significant quantities of hot water,
requiring one to two gallons of hot water for each meal
served. The club house restaurant solar water heating
system is designed to pre-heat all water used in the
kitchen serving the facility.