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04-08-2009, 07:10 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg About $1.5 million will be used to re-roof a number of city facilities that currently are not engineered to hold new photovoltaic systems. (http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/04/06/daily20.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/New_Homes_-_Solar_Panel_Install.jpgMegan Kamerick - The New Mexico Business Weekly (http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/) - April 7, 2009
Sounds like a good use of fund to me. --Ed.
The city of Albuquerque is getting $5.1 million in energy efficiency block grants, much more than the $3.2 million officials originally anticipated.
The funds, from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA, will be used for solar installations at city-owned parking facilities, the purchase of 20 to 25 hybrid vehicles, such as Honda Civic Hybrids and Ford Escape Hybrids, and new “cool roofs” for city buildings that will allow the installation of photovoltaic systems.
The list of projects came from an energy task force of business and government leaders convened to prioritize the spending of the ARRA funds. At a news conference, Mayor Martin Chávez referred to the team good-naturedly as a collection of “geeks and nerds, but very attractive ones.”
Chávez made the announcement beneath one of the oldest solar arrays in the city, installed by Sacred Power Co. for the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in 1999. Sacred Power’s founders were part of... http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/04/06/daily20.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/New_Homes_-_Solar_Panel_Install.jpgMegan Kamerick - The New Mexico Business Weekly (http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/) - April 7, 2009
Sounds like a good use of fund to me. --Ed.
The city of Albuquerque is getting $5.1 million in energy efficiency block grants, much more than the $3.2 million officials originally anticipated.
The funds, from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA, will be used for solar installations at city-owned parking facilities, the purchase of 20 to 25 hybrid vehicles, such as Honda Civic Hybrids and Ford Escape Hybrids, and new “cool roofs” for city buildings that will allow the installation of photovoltaic systems.
The list of projects came from an energy task force of business and government leaders convened to prioritize the spending of the ARRA funds. At a news conference, Mayor Martin Chávez referred to the team good-naturedly as a collection of “geeks and nerds, but very attractive ones.”
Chávez made the announcement beneath one of the oldest solar arrays in the city, installed by Sacred Power Co. for the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in 1999. Sacred Power’s founders were part of... http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/04/06/daily20.html