Well, one of the "coolest" things about solar panels on the roof: it keeps the roof in the shade! That alone will decrease the amount of energy it takes to cool the building the panels rest upon! That is a savings in itself! -WaV
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 7:38 AM, <qui...@clearwire.net> wrote: > It was larger than I remember. it wa Whole Food that is doing 24 % of > it's power with Solar and it was in 2002 that it went in. > http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/issues/greenaction/solarpower.html > Quinta > > Grocery Chain Tesco USA To Install World's Largest Solar Roofing System > Covering 500,000 Square Feet 01/24/2007 *LONDON, UK, AND LOS ANGELES, CA > -- *Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc., a provider of integrated > photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing systems, has won a $13 million contract from > Tesco, the fourth-largest retail chain in the world, for a 2 MW roofing > system to be installed at Tesco USA's distribution center under construction > in Riverside, California. > > The 2 MW of Solar Integrated's innovative BIPV roofing system will be > installed on two of the five distribution center buildings and will cover > 500,000 square feet of the 640,000 square footage of roof space. The project > is expected to be completed in 2007. > > "We believe this will be the largest roof-mounted solar installation in the > world," stated R. Randall MacEwen, Solar Integrated's President and Chief > Executive Officer. "We are thrilled to partner with Tesco USA on their > exciting entry into the U.S. market. Our BIPV roofing system at this > distribution center will produce over 2.6 million kilowatt hours per annum, > provide a fifth of the depot's power supply, and save 1,200 tons of carbon > dioxide emissions each year." > > Tesco was founded in London in 1919 by Jack Cohen and started as a market > stall, with the first store opening in 1929. The company is expanding into > the United States. >
