Located in the heart of Harvard Square, and home to such businesses as The Harvard Coop and The Sinclair, 50 Church Street has recently gone solar with the addition of a 66kWac PV system engineered by Solar Design Associates. Commissioned by Trinity Property Management, Solar Design Associates utilized its vast…
Engineered and Designed by Solar Design Associates, the Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts recently installed the John B Goodenough Solar Battery Farm, a 127.28 kWdc / 120.0 kWac Ground Mount solar array with a 500.0 kWac / 1.112 MWhr lithium ion battery storage system. The system is aptly named for…
On April 22, the AIA’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) announced it’s 2014 Top 10 awards for green projects with exemplary architecture and ecological design. Among the Top 10 is The Bullitt Center in Seattle, WA. The innovative building is not only Net-Zero, but is Net-Positive, generating more energy than is needed…
Solar Design Associates was recently awarded the honor and privilege of engineering the state of the art PV system to be installed at the new Walden Pond Visitors Center. The new visitors center will feature a 100 kW solar PV array mounted on parking canopies, and two electric vehicle charging…
The new MA Fish & Wildlife headquarters goes Net-Zero with the help of a 290 kW solar PV array designed by Solar Design Associates.
Yesterdays New York Times article on community solar sheds light on the solar industry’s effort to make solar energy accessible to all, regardless of whether or not your roof is well-suited for panels. Although our project isn’t mentioned in the article, the Harvard Community Solar Garden is the first project…
The first Community-owned Solar project in Massachusetts is nearing completion, with Solar Design Associates helping lead the way! The idea of a community-owned solar project was born out the of the desire of homeowners who wish to install a PV system, but are prevented from doing so for any number…
Determining the amount of value a solar (PV) system adds to a residence has never been an easy task. For many years, it was an intangible and implied value. As a whole, the solar industry and homeowners will generally agree that a home equipped with a solar system will be…
May 9 – Solar Design Associates has begun construction on a solar thermal system for the second phase of Saint Polycarp Village in Somerville. Developed by the Somerville Community Corporation (SCC), the village is a mixed-use project that provides green space, street-level retail space, and affordable rental apartments. Prior…
There is an article in this week’s Commercial Real Estate section of the New York Times featuring The Bullitt Center as the building gets its final touches before the official opening on Earth Day (April 22). The article points to some of the features that make this building truly advanced…
