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The Berkeley Heights Municipal Building: How its roof could save us money while reducing pollution
Picture by Denise Broesler
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Source: Consumer Solar Electric 2008
Source: Consumer Solar Electric 2008
As simply as turning sunlight into electricity!!!
With no by-products.
What you don’t use, you can sell to the electric companies!
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Problem
Cost of electricity is increasing
Berkeley Heights residents will have to pay more in taxes to cover Municipal energy costs
Current sources of energy [fossil fuels] are finite, increasing in price, and “dirty”
50% of nation’s electricity currently comes from burning coal which is a major source of global warming
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Increasing Cost of Coal over Time
Just over the past year the price of coal has risen sharply
Experts predict that the future market will have continuing high prices of coal
MAIN IMPLICATION: Energy bills will be on the rise when coal is the source of that energy
Source: United States Department of Energy (2008)
Current Energy Sources Will Most Definitely Cost More Money
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Paradigm
“the most important time-critical action needed to avert climate disasters concerns coal…CO2 in coal does not need to be released to the atmosphere, but if it is, it cannot be recovered and will make disastrous climate change a near certainty …the only practical way to keep CO2 below or close to the ‘dangerous level’ is to phase out coal use during the next few decades” (Hansen, 2007)
Coal is just too “dirty” to use as a source of energy
Source: Solar Electricity ( 2008)
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Patron
Berkeley Heights Environmental Commission has already started a “Green Initiative”
You will be saving your constituents thousands of dollars!
Green is in
Leave a positive, long-standing legacy
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Plan
Site Evaluation (Berkeley Heights Municipal Building)
Choosing the right Contractor
Choosing the right system
Financing/Funding
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“I heard Solar is just TOO EXPENSIVE”
$$$$
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Site Evaluation, Choosing the System & its Annual Savings
10 kW
15,500 KWh/yr
15,500 KWh/yr
SAVINGS OF $1860/year
Source: Renewable Energy (2008)
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Financing/Funding
an up-front federal tax credit worth $2000 is available
State Rebates can knock the number in half, if you live in the “right” state
New Jersey is one of the “right” states!!!
New Jersey has a Sales Tax Exemption for Solar
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“When all is said and done, what’s this going to cost me?”
Full system cost – $2000 – Rebate = What YOU pay
$83,000 $2000 $41,000 $40,000
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United States Department of Energy (2008). Increasing costs in electrical markets [Powerpoint Slide]. Retrieved from <http://www.eei.org/industry_issues/electricity_policy/state_and_local_policies/rising_electricity_costs/Straight_ Answers.pdf>
Solar Electricity. June 8, 2008. The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). Oct. 2, 2008. <http://www.nesea.org/buildings/info/solarelectricity.html>
Renewable Energy. 2008. New Jersey Clean Energy Program. October 9, 2008. <http://www.njcleanenergy.com/renewable- energy/technologies/solar/costs-incentives-and-savings/costs-incentives-and-savings>
Picture by Denise Broesler
Submitted on 10/6/2006
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