A Good Cause
We recently completed a solar hot water system for Square and Compass Clinic. S & C provides health care services for children and has been in operation since 1947. Bruce Rick, their Executive Director, hired our company a couple of years ago to evaluate the financial and technical feasibility of installing solar electric on their facility to help reduce operating costs. Unfortunately at the time solar electric was not a good financial option for them but in doing the survey of their facility a large, old, all electric water heater caught my eye. Long story made short we ended up partnering with TEP, who had some grant money for non-profits and low income housing solar hot water projects, to install a four panel, 360 gallon solar hot water system to replace their aging 200 gallon water heater. This system will be a good test case for other similar facilities and a future site to take students from the Renewable Energy Engineering class I help Dr. Fazzolari with at the University of Arizona.
Besides being a wonderful cause the people at S & C are a great group of folks and they surprised us all by formally thanking us and TEP. I now have a really nice paperweight that will always conjure up good memories. I will be adding a link to their website but I would suggest considering donating time or money to their organization if you can – our company will be doing so.
