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A New Era for Renewable Energy

A New Era for Renewable Energy. Your Source for News and Information on Environmentally Responsible Products and Services in the Corrections Industry. Newsletter Webinar Publications Institutional Assessments Annual Symposium. The Triple Bottom Line. Generate Revenue/Savings

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A New Era for Renewable Energy

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  1. A New Era for Renewable Energy

  2. Your Source for News and Information on Environmentally Responsible Products and Services in the Corrections Industry

  3. Newsletter • Webinar • Publications • Institutional Assessments • Annual Symposium

  4. The Triple Bottom Line • Generate Revenue/Savings • Provide Green Collar Institutional Jobs/Training • Impact the Environment Positively Enhancing the Institutions Positive Perception in the Community

  5. For Sustainable Practices to be Accepted in Corrections They Must Demonstrate : • Sustainable practices are cost effective and generate savings and/or revenue by virtue of their implementation

  6. For Sustainable Practices to be Accepted in Corrections They Must Demonstrate That: • Sustainable practices provide opportunities for meaningful work assignments for offenders and ideally provide training for green collar jobs as part of a holistic approach to release preparation. It is our belief that correctional industries can play a major part in this effort

  7. For Sustainable Practices to be Accepted in Corrections They Must Demonstrate That: • Sustainable practices by their very nature will improve the environment in the facility, thus making the institution a better neighbor to the community in which it resides

  8. Seven Steps to Sustainable Corrections • Lighting & Energy • HVAC • Plug In Appliances • Motors & Pumps • Materials, Recycling, Purchasing, Procurement, Food & Waste Disposal: Zero Waste? 6. Water 7. Human Capital

  9. The picture to the left shows a offender on the lower level looking up at the control pod under the conventional metal halide fixtures. The picture to the right shows two prisoners on the lower level leaving one of the cells under the new plasma lights.

  10. High illumination with reduced fixture quantity translates to an estimated annual savings of $3,564.64 for this building. Estimated life expectancy of the high pressure sodium lamp = 18,000 hours. The plasma lamp is expected to have a life of 50,000 hours.

  11. Natural Gas Savings realized from our smallest bio-mass boiler Base Cost 2007-2008 $1,362,162.06 Savings 2008-2009 $440,279.00 2009-2010 $821,141.00 2010-2011 $850,157.00

  12. RECYCLING

  13. Indiana Department of Correction1st Qtr 2012 Recycling Report • 1,266,600 lbs of trash diverted from landfills (633.3 tons) • $17,386 cost savings from waste disposal • $42,916 Revenue generated from recycle sales • 73 Offender jobs created • 22 institutions (4 did not participate)

  14. The Triple Bottom Line • Generate Revenue/Savings • Provide Green Collar Institutional Jobs/Training • Impact the Environment Positively Enhancing the Institutions Positive Perception in the Community

  15. Wabash Valley Correctional Facility Solar Thermal Installation

  16. What is Solar Thermal Heat? • Solar Thermal Heat is NOT electricity (Photovoltaic, or PV). • Produced from solar Ultra Violet (UV) rays. • UV rays are present on cloudy days – that’s how you can get sunburned when its cloudy outside. • UV rays are present as soon as the sun rises.

  17. UV Rays are POWERFUL!

  18. UV Rays are POWERFUL!

  19. UV Rays are POWERFUL!

  20. UV Rays are POWERFUL!

  21. Correctional installations typically pay for themselves in 3 – 6 years.

  22. Minimal Security Risk

  23. Controller • The system “Brain”. • Set target temperature and flow rate. • Data logger to measure BTU production. • Contains small ¼ hp. paddle pump to circulate fluid – the ONLY moving part in the system.

  24. Indiana Department of Correction • December, 2012 – month with the least available daylight. • 200-bed Facility – Saved 43% on natural gas for the month! • Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the entire facility by 6,015 Metric Tons / Year. • Instituted an offender installation training program to reduce recidivism. • Partnered with Prison Industries to build our collector frames. • Payback in under 5 years.

  25. IDOC – Wabash Valley - UPDATE • 15 Panel Array, 8-Month Data. • December, 2012 – July, 2013. • 52% Average Monthly Savings! • Payback in under 3.5 years!

  26. More Information – Booth #14 www.solaramericasolutions.com Charlie Slavik: (317) 833-9961, charlie@solaramericasolutions.com Don Crawmer: (260) 251-2459, don@solaramericasolutions.com THANKS!

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