<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Rio Rico, AZ-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">12.14.12</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/427902_433035210090013_46475844_n.jpeg" alt="SunFed Website Images" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">SunFed has begun work on one of the largest commercial installations of solar power in southern Arizona. The nearly half megawatt solar system will be mounted on the roof of their 46,000 sq. ft. refrigerated produce distribution facility, and will offset almost all of the location's electrical consumption while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and further reducing the company’s carbon footprint. <img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/35548_434251436635057_818592211_n.jpeg" alt="SunFed Website Images" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Matt Mandel, VP of Sales & Marketing at SunFed, stated, “SunFed has a deep commitment to the environment and a long history of taking strides to operate in the most sustainable way possible. It started over ten years ago with our use of MA/MH packaging to eliminate waste in the supply chain. This is another critical step down the path of supplying the best fruits and vegetables in an environmentally-conscientious manner."<img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/32329_433040733422794_296484551_n.jpeg" alt="SunFed Website Images" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Annually, the solar array is expected to produce over 620,000 kilowatt hours and eliminate almost 336 metric tons of carbon-equivalent emissions from the atmosphere. There will be 1744 solar modules that will be mounted on the SunFed’s roof.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“SunFed has a few benefits that will help yield better-than-average results with this installation. Our building is very well positioned to be able to optimize the tilt angle of the panels leading to larger periods of peak solar harvesting. We also have the benefit of being at elevation in a relatively low-humidity environment which will also result in very high solar gain, furthering the benefits to ourselves and the environment,” said Danny Mandel, President and CEO.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Smart Solar Solutions will provide the engineering, installation, and a monitoring system that produces live data showing how much electricity the system generates. <img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/Rearview.jpg" alt="SunFed Website Images" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “This is an interesting design in that to be able to install solar modules on the north facing roof area we needed to design a custom reverse tilt stadium solution to keep the modules tilted south” said Mandel.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The solar project is scheduled to be concluded in early 2013.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“By making an investment in clean, reliable solar energy SunFed is not only doing their part to reduce dependence on fossil fuels but also has significantly reduced one of their largest operating costs, their energy bill,” said Smart Solar Solutions President and CEO, Nick Davison.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.sunfed.net" target="_new"> SunFed </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
