One year of Solar Power at Copyquik

The end of September marked one full year of generating solar power at Copyquik Printing & Graphics. Our panels produced 34,287 kWh of power in 12 months, which is about $3,580 worth of electricity. The panels and related equipment have been totally maintenance free. We have been very please with the performance and our decision to install this equipment. At Copyquik, we strive to be good stewards of our resources and we believe this is one way we can help relieve our use of fossil fuels. We also offer our customers many choices of recycled paper and use paper from managed forests. Why not stop in for a visit? Our staff would be happy to show you around our facility so you can see first-hand our commitment to excellence.  


Year-to-date output for 2011



90 days of Solar Power

Our solar panels at Copyquik Printing & Graphics in Hagerstown have been in use for 90 days and have exceeded the projected output. To date we have produced over 5,500 kWh's of power and have saved over $600 of electric! The months of Nov., Dec, & Jan. are the lowest performing months of the year for solar output, by contrast May, June, July have the highest output with 3 times more power generated from the same panels. This difference is due to the shorter hours of daylight and the fact that the sun is tracking lower in the sky during the winter.

We are excited to see the reduction in our electrical consumption and the great response from the community for taking this step. Copyquik is now a Maryland Green Registry Member, which is listing of Organizations working toward a Sustainable Maryland.

Renewable Energy Summit at Copyquik Printing

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett speaks at Copyquik's Green Summit

This week on Oct. 27 Copyquik Printing & Graphics hosted a Renewable Energy Summit. We invited our customers & friends to visit and see our solar PV system in operation. Outside were vendors of Green Energy options.

Representatives from Treemovers, a tree transplanting business; Millennium 3 Energy, the company that designed and managed the installation of our solar system; Kelly's Maintenance & Improvements, the company that did the actual installation; MEC Electric, the business that provided the hook-up of the solar system to the grid; Jernigan's Environmental Service, a company that designs and installs geothermal heat exchangers.

Congressman Bartlett spoke about why we should be considering renewable energy solutions.



NBC25 covered the event
http://your4state.com/fulltext?nxd_id=144026&shr=addthis

Vendor displays at the Green Summit