Gödöllő is a small university town about 30 km northeast from Budapest. The water of the swimming pool at the campus of the Szent István University (Gödöllő, Hungary) is partially heated by solar energy. The 7,3 million HUF installation was financed by the Department of Agriculture and Rural development of Hungary and the Self-government of the Town of Gödöllő. The solar collector consists of 18 glazed flat collectors having a total area of 33,3 m². The collectors are facing south and have a deline of 45°. Between May and September, the system is heating the 700 m³ swimming pool, while during the rest of the year the system is heating the 2 m³ hot water tank of the nearby nursery. During a monitoring period of 1st July-31st December 2000, the collector utilized 4.3 MWh solar energy leading to 470 m³ savings of natural gas. The whole system is also used for educational purposes at the Szent István University.

Here you can download the data sheet of Swimming pool of Gödöllő