Greentech Lead America: Standard Solar, a provider of full-service development, construction, integration, financing and installation of solar electric systems, has completed the installation of an 865 kW PV solar array on the custom-designed 100,000 net square foot rooftop of Knorr Brake Corporation’s (KBC) new facility in Westminster, Maryland.
The installation, financed through a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with UGI Performance Solutions (UGIPS), will be monitored and maintained by Standard Solar. The system is expected to provide up to 60 percent of the building’s energy requirements, reducing KBC’s energy costs and reinforcing their environmental stewardship.
The new building with its 2,882 rooftop mounted solar modules, will realize annual energy savings equal to 95,592 gallons of gasoline for KBC. KBC’s solar roof and other green building practices will allow the company to pursue LEED certification for the facility.