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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi Dave,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I know Ontario has a great wind map (it shows my house as being about the worst place in the province for wind), and apparently there's a Canadian wind map as well as a few other provincial ones that can be found at <a href="http://www.weican.ca/links/wind-assess.php">http://www.weican.ca/links/wind-assess.php</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p> </o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ross Elliott </span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>LEED-AP, CPHC <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>President<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><a href="http://www.homesol.ca/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=233 height=70 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE4740.658FB940" alt="Description: Description: homesol_logo_sig"></span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>83 Little Bridge Street, Suite 109</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Box 1133, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>(613) 278-0467 / (613) 256-0427</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Fax (613) 256-2223</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E'><img border=0 width=93 height=93 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE4740.658FB940" alt="Description: Capture"></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1B366E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication is for the intended recipient, and should not be distributed or shared without permission. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> 1. Re: Solar and wind calculators (LarenCorie)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>From: David Bergman <<a href="mailto:bergman@cyberg.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>bergman@cyberg.com</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Do any of you out there use online solar or wind calculators?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> the PV Watts calculator seems to have gotten a lot more complex<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi David;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> I use PVWatts occasionally for orientations that are not simple South facing walls, or for locations outside the US, where basic insolation data is not on standard NREL lists.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Seems real simple (and fast) to me. I do think in BTUs, so I convert, but that gets routine, too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> -Laren Corie-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Natural Solar Building Design and<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Solar Heating/Natural Cooling/Energy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Efficiency Consultation Since 1975<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <a href="http://www.ThermalAttic.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.ThermalAttic.com</span></a> (many new<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> photos and pages, coming soon)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Read my Solar house design articles in:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-Energy Self-Sufficiency Newsletter-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.essnmag.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.essnmag.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Home base-LittleHouses YahooGroup<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LittleHouses/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LittleHouses/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Founder-WoodGas - Power from wood<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoodGas"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoodGas</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Founder-RefrigeratorAlternatives YahooGroup <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RefrigeratorAlternatives"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RefrigeratorAlternatives</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>