Tony Sarich, co-founder of American Modular Systems (AMS), has constructed California’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certified winery, with an accompanying LEED Gold certified home to soon follow.
Reducing consumption and making energy efficient improvements are two of the five necessary steps to going solar for both commercial buildings and homes.
The latest move for this over-achieving institution is the implementation of a new solar energy system courtesy of Bella Energy in Colorado that allows the school to solar power 11 percent of its energy needs. The school revealed the new 90-panel system at a ribbon-cutting ceremony during last week’s Earth Day. The system is expected to save more than 50,000 pounds annually of carbon dioxide from polluting the rocky mountain air.
