The project began in 2009 because of energy consumption that year. The rates were so high that the building complex tried to become more efficient. They changed the lighting and HVAC systems, and are now one of the more energy efficiency business parks in the state. Initially, they believed that a solar system would be too expensive. But upon analysis, the principals realized that the energy cost-savings, along with federal and state incentives, made the system installation a great investment. Since then, the business park has spun off a PPA company that is involved in an additional 5MW of projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,77,3,74],"tags":[59,95,94,63],"class_list":["post-4914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-CampI","category-SuccessStories","category-global-case","category-Utility","tag-CampI","tag-SuccessStories","tag-SuccessStory","tag-Utility","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n