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CT Green Guide Spring 2016

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www.CTGreenGuide.com SPRING 2016 • CONNECTICUT GREEN GUIDE 11 Jewish Community Center of greater New Haven HEADQUARTERS: Woodbridge CEO: Judy Diamondstein FOUNDED: 1988 EMPLOYEES: 26 WEBSITE: http://www.jccnh.org DID YOU KNOW? Intel claims the largest corporate solar carport in the country. The chip maker unveiled the 6.5-megawatt array of canopies last month in California. CT's largest solar carport By Matt Pilon S olar carports aren't unheard of in Connecticut, though they're a much more common sight in hot, sunny states like Arizona. But now, visitors to the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven have the opportunity of parking under what builders say is the larg- est solar carport in New England. The 750-kilowatt canopy, developed by New York's Solaire Generation in partnership with Bullrock Deutsche Eco Solar Ventures, is also the first carport to be financed under the Connecticut Green Bank's C-Pace-secured power purchase agreement structure. As a result, JCC didn't have to put down any money upfront. The carport, which went live over the summer, is expected to generate half of the 1,800 megawatt hours used annually by the JCC's Beckerman/ Lender building. "If electricity purchase rates continue to rise, the carports and solar pan- els will significantly reduce our costs over their lifetime," Scott Cohen, JCC of Greater New Haven's chief operating officer, said in a statement. JCC has also recently installed more efficient lighting and a co-genera- tion unit in Woodbridge. The JCC of Greater New Haven's solar carport will cut in half the nonprofit's energy usage. ECOmpany PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED

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