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From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 20:33:15 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "IKEA Flips On Solar In Brooklyn" (NY)
 
IKEA Flips On Solar In Brooklyn

by Caleb Denison
Earth Techling
May 4, 2011

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has finally flipped the switch on the solar energy system perched atop its Brooklyn store’s roof. A recent statement indicates the solar system is now officially commissioned, operational and certified by Con Edison and New York City. According to this report at Onearth, the panels were actually installed atop New York’s first and only IKEA location last June, but delays in getting approvals from Con Ed have kept the solar panels on standby.

IKEA reports that the 200 kilowatt array occupies 19,000 square feet of rooftop real estate and involves 1,104 solar panels. The installation is expected to generate 240,000 kilowatt hours of renewable electricity annually for the store. That works out to be the about the same as 20 homes worth of electricity annually, according to an EPA clean energy calculator. IKEA Brooklyn also has 70,000-square feet of green roof, a 6.5-acre waterfront esplanade, multiple transit options, and has been certified as a Brownfield redevelopment. IKEA notes that the store also has been awarded LEED (Silver) by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/05/ikea-flips-on-solar-in-brooklyn/

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Lenny Siegel
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