Everybody Solar sets up nearly 50-kW array for Florida homeless shelter
- Sulzbacher, the biggest company for individuals experiencing or in jeopardy of homelessness in Northeast Florida, welcomes a new solar array to power its Sulzbacher Village affordable housing complex. Partnering with Everybody Solar, a nonprofit that helps with solar power for various other nonprofits, Sulzbacher will certainly now gain from a 49.8-kW solar energy system to maximize using the Florida sun.
"We are so thankful to Everybody Solar, JinkoSolar and also for making this occur. The solar panels will certainly permit us to make use of more of our funding for the seriously required services we offer, such as dishes as well as healthcare. This saves money as well as allows us to lessen our carbon impact. And also we actually wish to say thanks to Jacksonville City Councilman Aaron Bowman for being our champion on this project. Without him it would certainly not have actually taken place," stated Cindy Funkhouser, president and chief executive officer of Sulzbacher.
Sulzbacher provides shelter and also healthier meals for its locals and links over 7,000 individuals to medical services each year. Opened in 1995, the facility has expanded to include three locations throughout Northeast Florida, along with street outreach and also jail diversion programs. Utilizing energy-efficient modern technology, like photovoltaic panels, will allow the nonprofit to route financing to its services for people experiencing or in jeopardy of homelessness in Jacksonville.
"We have been blessed to be a part of the Jacksonville community because we began sophisticated solar manufacturing procedures here 4 years back, therefore we are just as honored to have an opportunity to repay, specifically to an organization with a goal as distinctive as well as important to the community as Sulzbacher," stated Jeff Juger, replacement basic manager of JinkoSolar.
Donors for the solar array consist of individuals, CITIZEN, JinkoSolar, RELiON, Enphase and also Business Performance Improvement.
