Transit building to gain Indiana’s largest solar array

March 26, 2010

The TRANSPO building in South Bend will host a 17,000 square foot thin-film solar PV array

Solar integrator Inovateus Solar has been tasked to develop the largest solar system so far in its home state of Indiana.

The company is to provide a 100-kilowatt solar system for one of the first transportation buildings in the nation to seek Platinum certification under the US Green Building Council’s LEED scheme.

The building in South Bend will be a new operations, administration and maintenance facility for TRANSPO.

Local firm Inovateus use thin-film Uni-Solar photovoltaic technology provided by United Solar Ovonic, part of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

Installation work will get underway later this Spring with the array set to cover 17,000 square feet of roofspace.

“It’s very exciting for Inovateus Solar to have a large solar project in our back yard,” said TJ Kanczuzewski, executive vice president of Inovateus Solar. “So often, we have to go to the East Coast or the West Coast to do our solar projects. It’s an honor to be a part of Indiana’s largest rooftop solar installation.”

The TRANSPO building project is led by general contractor The Robert Henry Corporation, with roofing contractor Dudeck Roofing & Sheet Metal saying the roof needs no special preparation for the installation.

Easy install

John Callan, project manager for Robert Henry Corp, said the Uni-Solar thin–film PV system is “surprisingly easy” to install.

He said: “It’s very easily incorporated after the roof membrane is installed. It seems to me that it would be very suitable for retrofit situations.”

Chris Hendricks of Bancroft Electric, the electrical contractor responsible for wiring the equipment, said: “It’s a flexible mat of photocells. I think it’s a nifty system. Until they increased the efficiency of the cells, it was never practical in this area. The efficiency in this climate is greatly improved.”

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http://ecdfan.blogspot.com/ ECD Fan
Mr. TJ Kanczuzewski is a music major and a former rock-band concert producer. What does he know about rooftop solar?
Also, how would Mr. John Callan know that Uni-Solar thin–film PV system is “surprisingly easy” to install, when the installation has not started yet, per your articlep?
Mr. Chris Hendricks was quoted in another planted piece (see link below) as saying that for “the voltage, I think [the Unisolar material] is very innovative.” Somebody better explain to that “electrician for 25 years” the difference between voltage and wattage, or TRANSPO may have to call the Fire Department, the same way the Long Beach Convention Center in California had to when the Unisolar laminates ignited on their rooftop in 2008.
http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Inovateus-Solar-Is-The-Solar-General-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO
Brightenergy.org should be ashamed for regurgitating such nonsensical “articles.”
http://ecdfan.blogspot.com ECD Fan
Mr. TJ Kanczuzewski is a music major and a former rock-band concert producer. What does he know about rooftop solar?
Also, how would Mr. John Callan know that Uni-Solar thin–film PV system is “surprisingly easy” to install, when the installation has not started yet, per your articlep?
Mr. Chris Hendricks was quoted in another planted piece (see link below) as saying that for “the voltage, I think [the Unisolar material] is very innovative.” Somebody better explain to that “electrician for 25 years” the difference between voltage and wattage, or TRANSPO may have to call the Fire Department, the same way the Long Beach Convention Center in California had to when the Unisolar laminates ignited on their rooftop in 2008.
http://www.poweronline.com/article.mvc/Inovateus-Solar-Is-The-Solar-General-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO
Brightenergy.org should be ashamed for regurgitating such nonsensical “articles.”