Morton Solar & Wind awarded contract for first net-zero school in the U.S.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2010

EVANSVILLE - Morton Solar & Wind, LLC has been awarded a $2.16 million contract to install a 340KW photovoltaic system on the new Richardsville Elementary School currently under construction near Bowling Green, Kentucky. The system will be the largest photovoltaic system in Kentucky to date and the school is projected to be the first net-zero energy elementary school in the United States. A net-zero building produces as much energy as it uses. Morton Solar & Wind also installed the photovoltaic system for the first net-zero library in the U.S., located in Chrisney, Indiana.

The school will employ various energy efficiency technologies in addition to the photovoltaic system including geothermal HVAC, active solar lighting, efficient kitchen strategies, ICF walls, and energy efficient windows. The photovoltaic system will be a "grid-tied" system that will feed energy back into the power grid. The school will receive $0.22 per kilowatt/hour for the solar energy from the local utility company funded by the Green Power Partners program of Tennessee Valley Authority.

Morton Solar & Wind will install two separate photovoltaic systems on the school. The first system will consist of UniSolar laminate panels which will be adhered to the school's roof. The second system will be comprised of monocrystalline panels mounted on a parking canopy in the parking lot. Morton Solar & Wind will be partnering with Advanced Electrical Systems of Louisville, Kentucky, on the $2.4 million project.

Morton Solar & Wind, LLC is a NABCEP certified renewable energy systems designer & installer based in Evansville, Indiana.

For more information contact Brad Morton, President, at (812) 402-0900.

Morton Solar and Wind is a member of the Indiana Renewable Energy Association.