Thursday, June 3, 2010

Photo Craft is going Solar

The following press release appeared today in the Boulder County Business report.

http://www.bcbr.com/article.asp?id=51886

Ever since we first saw our new building we knew it was prime for Photovoltaic. It's a long skinny building running east-west, which results in a huge south facing roof at just the right angle for PV. But, systems aren't easy to afford, and since we didn't own the building we put the idea aside. When our landlord Lou DellaCava suggested partnering on a system we jumped on it. Fortunately, there are some great incentives for building owners, but without buy-in from the tenants there is no way to pay for it. Being the only tenant meant he only needed buy-in from one.
The production of graphics today, just as photo processing has been forever, requires lots of power. If the 46 Kilowatt solar array performs as expected we hope to provide up to two thirds of our power requirements from the sun.

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