News release –
The New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) named Bright Power’s installation at University Ave Consolidated III as the Best Solar Thermal Project of the Year at their 2011 6KC Awards.
Andrew McNamara, VP of New Construction and Renewables was honored to accept the award on behalf of Bright Power’s solar team at the Annual Meeting on September 21, 2011.
University Avenue Consolidated III (UAC III) is an affordable housing development consisting of four properties in the Morris Heights neighborhood in the Bronx, developed and owned by Bronx Pro Real Estate Management, Inc.
Bright Power designed and installed four solar thermal systems, consisting of 92 solar panels (over 3,600 square feet of panels). Taken together, UAC III’s four systems make up one of the largest residential solar thermal installations in New York City. The system uses the sun’s energy to provide domestic hot water to residents. Bright Power helped the project apply for over $160,000 in incentives towards installation costs.
The NYSEIA’s 6KC awards recognize the best and the brightest solar projects and industry champions in the Empire State. 6KC stands for 6, K (1,000), C (Celsius). 6,000 degrees Celsius is the rough, rounded-up estimate of the temperature of the surface of the Sun. The 6KC awards were created by NYSEIA to recognize the tangible success of specific projects and individuals, not theories or concepts that have yet to reach the “surface.”