Link: http://www.energyrace.com/commentary/what_does_a_ton_of_co2_look_like/

What difference can one solar roof make in the world? Last night the PEMCO Solar Pie roof broadcast that twelve tons of carbon had not been released into our shared airspace. TWELVE TONS? What does that mean for you and me? What does that look like? Why does that matter?

We thought we would take a minute to reflect on that.

How do we quantify the good that a Solar Pie solar roof produces? How do we get our arms around the volume of carbon not being released into the atmosphere?

Dave Ames a science teacher at Cohasset High School in Cohasset, MA set out to demonstrate what a ton of carbon looks like. In 2007 Dave Ames along with his 9th grade physics class built a cube 27 feet wide by 27 feet high by 27 feet deep. One ton of carbon would fill this cube.

Just imagine how big a cube we would need to hold twelve tons of carbon. Try to visualize a cube 324 feet wide by 324 feet high by 324 feet deep filled with carbon. That is the amount not being released into our atmosphere, in our neighborhoods, not being washed into our waterways.

That is the power of Solar Pie thirty-six panel roof on top of the PEMCO building.

Way to go PEMCO. It's all good.

Scott Guiterrez the Seattle PI Transportation blogger
wrote about the new information being broadcast on the PEMCO clock.

Read all about the very first Solar Pie project sitting atop the PEMCO building.

Bravo for the Seattle Sketcher capturing the record breaking temperture last week as it was displayed on the "Iconic PEMCO Clock" . The gift of the current time and temperture readings is appreciated by all of us who live in the Seattle area.

The PEMCO Clock is truly a touchstone for so many of us in the Emerald City. A dear friend of ours spent thirty years working at Harborview hospital saving lives in the ICU. She said she could always gauge whether she was running early or late for work by checking the time on the PEMCO clock.

PEMCO has partnered with Solar Pie to install the first Solar Pie roof on the top of this very building. PEMCO is giving the entire region a gift by not only installing the first Solar Pie solar roof but by allowing the real time production metrics to be broadcast from this wonderful "Iconic PEMCO Clock".

We look forward to our official launch Wednesday, September 2nd. On September 2nd, the clock will begin broadcasting the real time solar production from the Solar Pie solar roof on top of the PEMCO building.

Our hope is that everyone who looks to this "Iconic PEMCO Clock" for time and temperture will enjoy seeing the Solar Pie roof production metrics.

One of the very first people to email us was Doris Abravanel Program Manager of Planet Power at Snohomish County PUD. She wanted to insure that Snohomish County PUD customers had all the information they needed about green power creation. I'll share with you her email so you can get the imformation straight from the source.

Way to go Snohomish County and the Snohomish County PUD.

Hi,

I read the article featuring your solar installation and blog
and would like to introduce myself. I'm program manager of
Planet Power at Snohomish County PUD. Planet Power is our voluntary
green power program which funds additional green power development.
We are currently focusing on solar PV. The Planet Power program is for
our customers only but wanted you to be aware as we keep trying to get
the word out so more PUD customers will enroll in the program. I want
solar enthusiasts such as yourselves knowing about our program as you
can help spread the word. To date, we have 2 completed solar demonstrations
projects and four more installations going. We plan to do a competitive
solicitation to select more hosts for demonstration projects this fall.

Read more about our program at
www.snopud.com/planetpower
http://www.snopud.com/planetpower

We also have incentives for customer's to do their own solar through another program we started this Spring called Solar Express.

Read more at
www.snopud.com/solarexpress
http://www.snopud.com/solarexpress

If you have any questions, let me know.

Regards,
Doris
Snohomish County PUD

Doris Abravanel
Energy Efficiency Senior Program Manager
T: (425) 783-1731 | F: (425) 267-6098
www.snopud.com</blockquote>

Thanks for the proactive response Doris, way to go.