As a resident of Atlanta, it always pleases me to see my city embrace green initiatives. One of Atlanta's prominent developers, Jacoby Development, is in the process of creating a new office, hotel and retail space that will incorporate solar canopies over 30 acres of airport parking at the Hartsfield-Jackson Int'l Airport. These solar canopies will provide power to the $1.5 billion project spanning 100 acres. See an excerpt of the story below from the Green Building Chronicle:
An abandoned Ford assembly plant site near Atlanta’s airport could soon become the largest clean energy producer — by far — in the state of Georgia.
With a capacity of up to 10 megawatts, the arrays would generate nearly 10 times the amount of electricity of any other solar project planned in the state — and more than 20 times the amount of any existing facility.
The solar arrays would serve as roofs for 30 acres of airport parking that represent the first of Jacoby Development’s planned Aerotropolis Atlanta project.
The solar project isn’t yet under construction, but Jacoby Development has already secured a power-purchase agreement with a “local utility” to buy up to 10 megawatts of electricity from Aerotropolis. The 10 megawatts represent one-third of the entire needs of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Go here to read the full story on the Green Building Chronicle.
A solar power systems is interspersed between arrays of photovoltaic cells so that it could effectively provide heating to all corners of the building. The insulation pipes and ducts of the heating system can be minimized, and thus, save more on building construction cost while building a built-in alternative electrical power.
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