Zurich Citizens News, 1978-11-09, Page 13HEAT STORAGE AREA — One of the special features of the solar heated home of Philip
Durand and family is a bin full of heat absorbing stones. In the foreground the control unit
and fan for the system. Staff photo
Criticizes hiring policy
Continued from page 1
the remarks byTurkheimand
told the Zurich trustee that
the administration had
adhered to board policy. He
said Kayes had background
in office work and had in-
terviewed the candidates
with superintendent Don
Kenwell. He said he was
confident both were capable
of screening applicants and
handling interviews and had
accepted their recom-
mendations.
The director pointed out
that the board's hiring policy
states that a certain per-
centage of the applicants for
any position as non -teaching
personnel had to be in-
terviewed. It does not say
what percentage should be
nor does it stipulate that a
person must live in Huron
County to be eligible to work
for the county.
He said the person hired
was an exceptional typist
and was a graduate of the
one year secretarial arts
programme at Fanshawe
College in London. He added
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that she was the best of the
applicants for that position.
Cochrane said he detected
"innuendos" from com-
ments from trustees and he
"resented the implication
that we (administration)
pulled some kind of shady
deal". He said that "simply
didn't happen:' adding that if
the board wasn't happy with
the policy it could "change
it and we would follow any
policy set down".
Board chairman John
Elliott said he got the im-
pression that trustees were
not blaming anyone for
anything suggesting that
possibly the board should be
looking at its own education
system. He said if the
schools in Huron are not
turning out peoplequalifiedto
handle jobs they're being
trained for the board should
find out.
Goderich trustee Dorothy
Wallace said that if the
board was going to "try to
have an effective system,
criteria for jobs should be
qualifications not where
applicants come from".
"Surely we wouldn't hire
someone not qualified for a
job just because they come
from Huron County," she
said.
Elliott pointed out that the
persons's place of residence
would not necessarily enter
into it unless two applicants
were considered equal. He
said in that case if one was
from Huron and another
wasn't the Huron applicant
would get the nod.
A suggestion fr om
Colborne trustee Shirley
Hazlitt that the board form
an ad hoc committee to look
into hiring policy was
passed by the board.
THREE BEDROOM SOLAR HEATED HOUSE
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off of Highway 21
- brick siding
- large 100ftX200ft lot
For Information Contact:
RR 2 Zurich Philip Durand
23604749
Citizens News, November 9, 1978
Page 13
Builds solar heated home
With the cold winter
weather only a few short
weeks away, people become
more conscious of what it's
going to cost them to heat
their home, Unless we have
a mild winter, there's a good
chance it will cost the
average home owner to heat
the abode this year.
An area man has come up
with a solution that he
believes will beat the rising
costs of fossil fuels and in its
own way contribute to a
cleaner environment,
Philip Durand of RR 2,
Zurich along with his sons
has constructed a solar
heated home located three
miles south of Bayfield.
From the road, the home
appears to be your normal
three bedroom home but
such is not the case.
Taking a look at the south
portion of the roof, one
notices it is completely en-
cased in vinyl.
The vinyl is in reality a
solar collector which traps
the sun's rays and heats the
air which is between the
twin layers of vinyl, The
area covered by the collec-
tor is about 700 square feet.
According to Durand, the
heating system works on
three separate modes.
When the sun is warm
enough, the air collected
from the solar panels is cir-
culated directly into the
house.
On days when it is cooler,
the air is directed to a bin
located in the basement that
contains 1,000 cubic feet of
stones an inch and a half in
diameter.
Durand said when the
stones have been heated suf-
ficiently, the warm air is
taken off the top and
directed throughout the
house.
When it is extremely cold,
an electric furnace helps
provide the heat,
Durand emphasized that
the switching over of the
various systems is com-
pletely automatic.
Construction on the home
began in May with sons
Daniel doing the carpentry
work and Dave undertaking
the electrical work.
"It was a real family ef-
fort," Durand said, with
other family members help-
ing out in the construction.
Durand said he first
thought about building a
solar home three or four
years ago when rumours of a
generating plant being built
in this area began to sur-
face.
The Bluewater farmer
said the cost of the system is
around $5,000, discounting
the many hours which he
and his family spent design-
ing the system.
This cost compares
favorably with the $8,000
figure mentioned by the
Porter Commission as the
cost per household for the
construction of a new
generating plant.
One of the disadvantages
of a solar heated home is
that the home must be built
on an east -west axis if the
solar collectors are to be
located on the south side of
the roof.
Depending on the success
of this home, the family
might be interested in
building other solar heated
homes in the vicinity,
Durand said.
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