Lowell Bus Facility Powered by Solar Electricity

[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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Solar Powers Boston Evacuation Route

[tabs slidertype=”images”] [imagetab width=”650″ height=”489″]http://solardesign.com/wp-content/uploads/400-Frontage-Rooftop.jpg[/imagetab] [imagetab width=”650″ height=”489″]http://solardesign.com/wp-content/uploads/400-frontage-rooftop21.jpg[/imagetab] [/tabs]   In collaboration with the City of Boston, Solar Design Associates designed and engineered pole mounted PV installations for four intersections along one of Boston’s emergency evacuation routes. In the event of a power outage during an evacuation of the city,…

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PV Tracker Systems Boost Energy Generation

Some of the most energy intensive operations overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC), including correctional facilities, a wastewater treatment plant, and an MCI industries license plate facility, are now powered by renewable energy in Norfolk and Middlesex counties. Five solar electric system installations spread throughout four towns provide…

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SDA a Player in Greening of the White House

Steven Strong was with President Carter when he dedicated the first solar energy application at the White House (subsequently removed by the Reagan Administration). Hence it was only fitting that 25 years later the National Park Service retained Strong and Solar Design Associates to design and install three solar systems…

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