Energy all around us
Sunday, 11 May 2008
A trend that has been gradually building momentum across the country over the past several years — outfitting covered parking lots with solar panels — is on display at a pair of Henderson businesses.ProCaps Laboratories, which manufactures and distributes vitamins, and TWC Construction Inc., share a recently built covered parking lot containing more than 300 spaces.
Andrew Lessman founded ProCaps Laboratories and co-founded TWC along with Matthew Ryba. The two executives agreed that the parking lot’s cover would be overlaid with solar photovoltaic panels despite the cost — $7 million.
The state-of-the-art project was completed in December and Lessman and Ryba are pleased with how it has turned out.
They’ve stabilized and greatly lowered their energy bills, generated the potential for extra income through sales of excess power, reduced their companies’ carbon footprint, positioned themselves to get tax credits for green construction and built something that serves as a demonstration for other Nevada companies.
Clean solar energy represents the best chance for significantly cutting back on the pollutants that are behind global warming.
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