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public tv/radio station chooses a green future
renewables complement a strikingly modern new studio for PBS
Boston’s Public Broadcasting affiliate, WGBH, wanted to make its new headquarters an environmentally responsive, "green" structure, incorporating energy efficiency measures during the construction phase as well as in the completed building. SDA contributed turn-key design, financing and construction services to help realize their vision.
environmental resource center powered by renewable energy
rural education center is a model of sustainability
When the Tin Mountain Conservation Center wanted to construct an resource-efficient, zero-energy headquarters, Solar Design Associates provided turnkey rooftop solar electric and thermal systems with radiant heating.
U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Geneva
state department photo
first integrated PV system at a U.S. diplomatic post
SDA designs a new 'solar skin' for the US Mission to the United Nations
SDA provided design and engineering services to the US State Department to field a new Building-integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) “skin” at the US Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
This dramatic BIPV entrance canopy both functions and fascinates
solar canopy sparks interest at MITRE
SDA engineers a visible symbol of sustainability for high-tech R&D center
The MITRE Center is a high-technology R, D & D facility near Boston, with its origins at MIT. When they needed additional space, they sought to create a new facility that would communicate the high-tech, future-oriented nature of their work.
environmental education in the adirondacks
SDA designs PV and data monitoring systems for a rural museum
The Adirondack Park is the largest park in the United States outside Alaska. It draws millions of visitors each year, over 100,000 of whom stop at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. The serious and long-term damage being wreaked by acid rain is painfully evident in this area, where nearly a third of the region's 2800 lakes are biologically dead.
students acquire renewable energy skills on high school campus
Photovoltaic roof array inspires students to learn more about renewable energy and the environment
Funded by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Green Buildings Program, the Media and Technology Charter High School (MATCH School) has incorporated many sustainable design features into its building. A high standard of excellence in academics and personal responsibility characterizes the culture at the school.SDA contributed design and installation expertise for a PV roof array as well as a Data Aquisition and Monitoring System.
a light-filled northern oasis
Mary Coffin Hall at the University of Wisconsin pioneers building-integrated photovoltaics for Higher Education
The University of Wisconsin This new classroom building offered the opportunity to investigate the emerging field of Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV).Solar Design Associates attended early design meetings to bring the stakeholders up to speed on the technology, its current use in Europe and Japan, and its potential applications. It was decided that the design would look for ways to incorporate BIPV technology, but the technology would not drive the classroom building design.
The concept design work (35% design) was completed in October 1998. In November 1998, Solar Design Associates submitted their design report, recommending locations where BIPV products could be substituted for traditional standing seem metal roofing and vision glass.
a utility spreads the sustainable energy message
SDA supports large-scale utility solar deployment in California
In 1993, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) retained Solar Design Associates to provide program definition and technical support to their in-house engineering group for their pioneering solar program.Following the example set by SDA in creating the First Solar Neighborhood in Gardner, MA, SMUD embarked on an ambitious plan to install PV systems on many hundreds of their customers' buildings each year.
Over the past decade, SMUD has fielded hundreds of PV systems, ranging from residences and commercial buildings to substations and multi-megawatt central station power plants.
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