On 10/10/10, Governor Pat Quinn announced plans to install solar panels on the Executive Mansion in Springfield.
The solar panels were donated by Wind Free Energy Company in Chicago and BYD America in Arlington Heights. The racking and bracketing was provided by B. Weinstein Engineering in Highland Park. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 193 has donated the labor to install the panels.
The new, 1-kilowatt array will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 30 tons of CO2 over the next 25 years (equivalent to approximately 100,000 car miles or the planting of 1,100 trees, according to the Governor's Office of Sustainability).
The Governor's Mansion already boasts energy-efficient LED lighting, rain barrels, and a community vegetable garden.
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