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| 175 North Main Street |
| Branford, Connecticut |
| TELEPHONE: 203.483.4375 |
| FAX: 203.483.4376 |
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| Services |
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| 175 North Main Street |
| Branford, Connecticut |
| TELEPHONE: 203.483.4375 |
| FAX: 203.483.4376 |
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| Westmount Management | |||
| Alternative Energy | |||
| As the cost of energy continues to increase, more property owners are turning to alternative sources of power to help control costs and better our environment. Westmount Management offers consultation and project management services for the installation of photovoltaic and micro-cogeneration systems. | |||
| Photovoltaics, or solar electricity, offer users the ability to produce their own power on-site replacing costly energy from the Utility. further, with the advancements in solar technology along with the availability of "net metering" solar is becoming increasingly important part of our energy infrastructure. The power is clean, reliable and offers many benefits including: | |||
| • | Unlike most other power systems, solar generation plants have no moving parts and therefore require little maintenance over the years. | ||
| • | Solar electric systems are very flexible and can be installed in custom configurations and sizes virtually anywhere. | ||
| • | Solar electricity is clean and noiseless. | ||
| • | Solar electric technology is a 100 % renewable energy source meaning it does not require fuel of any sort to operate, only light provided by the sun. | ||
| • | Solar electric power is not dependent on the existence, development or maintenance of a fuel delivery infrastructure, nor is it dependent on the cost of fossil fuels. Thus, it offers electricity users an important hedge against future fossil fuel price volatility. Additionally, the power output from a solar electric generation system is well matched to periods of peak load demand, typically occurring during hot summer days. This characteristic will become increasingly significant as time-of-day pricing or other variable real time pricing mechanisms are implemented during periods of high demand. | ||
| • | LEED Points- Solar qualities to LEED Certification points as follows: | ||
| Supply at least 5% of the building total energy use (expressed as a fraction of annual energy cost) and receive 1 LEED points. | |||
| Supply at least 10% of the building total energy use (expressed as a fraction of annual energy cost) and receive 2 LEED points. | |||
| Supply at least 20% of the building total energy use (expressed as a fraction of annual energy cost) and receive 3 LEED points. | |||
| Cogeneration is defined as the production of two forms of energy from one fuel source. | |||
