The Living Proof video below describes the innovative technology and forward thinking people that made the new Bullitt Center in Seattle a success. SDA worked with Miller Hull’s design team to design and engineer the 244kW PV system, which is one of the building’s most street-visible sustainable features. The Bullitt…
The SDA team commissioned the Bullitt Center PV array last week in Seattle. Complete electrical and mechanical system commissioning is one of the services that SDA offers as PV system engineers for Zero Net Energy buildings. Performing this comprehensive testing at system start-up is important to provide an initial production benchmark for…
Solar Design Associates had a strong showing at the ABX 2012 conference, both giving a seminar on zero net energy building and exhibiting on the conference floor. The seminar was a success, as it led into an interesting discussion about the future of PV applications. We had a great time…
Solar Design Associates President Steven Strong and Senior Project Architect Luke McKneally AIA, LEED AP will give a seminar entitled, “Toward Zero and Beyond” at this year’s Architecture Boston Expo at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on Friday, November 16th at 8:30am. This seminar discusses Net-Zero Energy design for various facility…
One of SDA’s most recent engineering projects (with partial procurement services) is nearing completion. The ground mounted 500kW array is being built in Swansea, MA for Tim Cabral, an electrical contractor local to the area. Cabral secured financing through a local bank with an agreement in which part of…
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Last week at Solar Power International in Orlando, SEIA president Rhone Resch opened the conference with a discussion on trends that positively and negatively affect the solar industry. One of his strongest cautions was of unhealthy business practices that undercut all of the successes currently enjoyed by the solar…
[tabs slidertype=”images”] [imagetab width=”650″ height=”489″]http://solardesign.com/wp-content/uploads/LRTA-Rooftop3.jpg[/imagetab] [imagetab width=”650″ height=”489″]http://solardesign.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC02464.jpg[/imagetab] [imagetab width=”650″ height=”489″]http://solardesign.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3358.jpg[/imagetab] [/tabs] The Hale Street Bus Maintenance Facility in Lowell, MA requires a lot of energy to keep the city’s buses operational. The Lowell Regional Transit Authority (LRTA), a municipal organization that runs the facility, partnered with Solar Design…
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TIME magazine recently featured the Bullitt Center as an example for environmentally responsible buildings. Solar Design Associates has been working with the architects at Miller Hull to design canopy and façade-mounted PV arrays for the new office building, currently under construction in Seattle’s Central Area. The photovoltaic system…
