BRATTLEBORO — Integrated Solar Application Corp. (ISA) announced that it has selected regional ambulance service Rescue Inc. as its recipient of a gift of a $24,000 solar photovoltaic system.
This 6-kilowatt system, to be installed on the roof of the Rescue Inc. building at 541 Canal St., will yield roughly 7,500 kilowatt-hours of energy per year, which is 18 percent of Rescue Inc.'s annual facilities' energy consumption.
Rescue is a nonprofit, independent service with ambulances and emergency medical technicians responding to calls in 15 communities in southern Vermont and New Hampshire.
ISA said the donated system will be net-metered, thereby providing electricity directly on demand at the Rescue Inc. building and accruing credit for electricity sold back into the utility grid when production exceeds demand.
ISA President Andrew Cay said that by giving Rescue this system, his company is proud to recognize “the important contributions of Rescue Inc. while encouraging the adoption of renewable energy technologies in our community.”
For his part, Drew Hazelton, Rescue's chief of operations, said his team is “very excited about this project and what it means to Rescue long-term. This step toward renewable energy and long-term cost savings will help us provide critical services for decades.”
According to ISA, the system includes 24 solar panels at 245 watts each, a SnapNrack flush-mounted roofing system, and 24 Enphase microinverters. ISA pegged the retail value of the installation at $24,000.
In a press statement, ISA noted one of its business principles is to contribute 10 percent of its annual profits to “a local community group or environmentally activist organization,” and explained its employees voted on Rescue Inc. as their choice for the gift, covering 2013, on Feb. 21.