• Boeing to have North Charleston facility powered by 100% renewable energy

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    Airplane makers, Boeing, have decided to go a step further towards green, opting to use 100% renewable energy at the final assembly site in North Charleston. The firm inked a deal with South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) to provide 100% renewable energy at the production site for the Boeing 787 airplane. 20% of this energy will be generated from thin-film solar laminate panels owned, installed and maintained by SCE&G. the array will be located on the roof of the facility and will be the sixth largest in the US. The energy produced by this installation will sum up to about 2.5 megawatts, enough to light up 250 average homes. That’s not all. The site is being built while adhering to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification and will also have point-of-use containers as well as recycling centers!



    This adds on to all the efforts put into going green by Boeing before, including the development of high-efficiency solar cells by the firm.
    [Greenaironline]

    Posted in Topics:Architecture, Tags: , on May 9, 2011