The owner of a D.C.-based solar heating company says business always picks up when people have sun on their minds. Zachary Axelrod is CEO of Skyline Innovations, a company based in Northwest, D.C. that owns and installs solar heating systems that use the sun to heat water for showers and laundry.
The Sustainable Energy Partnership, led by the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC), has been selected by the District Department of the Environment to create and operate the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) in Washington, DC. The SEU will help families, businesses, and institutions in the nation’s capital save money and energy, and support local job creation and economic development, by offering programs that spur investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Mayor Vincent C. Gray today announced that seven facilities and organizations had received the 2011 Mayor’s Environmental Excellence Awards for their commitment to upholding environmentally-friendly principles in building design and operations.
Skyline Innovations is providing American University with the largest urban solar hot water system on the east coast. 174 solar thermal energy panels will be installed on four campus buildings by July, providing hot showers to more than 2,000 students living on campus and hot water to the university’s largest dining hall. The system will pump out 5,700,000 BTUs a day—609 megawatt hours of energy annually.
Next spring, the George Washington University will be home to the largest source of on-site solar power in the District of Columbia extending the university’s commitment to reduce its carbon footprint. The solar thermal systems will heat water for three GW residence halls and reduce about 70 tons of carbon annually. The installation also will work toward two key goals of the university’s Climate Action Plan: to use the campus as a test-bed for renewable technologies and to generate 10 percent of energy from on-campus renewable sources by 2040.
As you may have seen, WJLA 8 turned over to TBD and lost all of their online content. Sure we lost our copy of the first ever newscast covering Skyline Innovations, but never fear! ABC channel 7 covered another set of Skyline installations.
Read the rest of this entry »Penick Village, an assisted living center in Southern Pines, North Carolina, with a commitment to green development has taken the next step in contributing to environmental sustainability by working with Skyline Innovations to provide residents with solar energy. The community’s latest expansion, the Garden Cottage, which houses living quarters for a number of residents as well as an on-site kitchen and a salon, has been outfitted with solar water heating, financed and managed by Skyline.
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