This 115 unit apartment complex in North East Philadelphia managed by Lindy Property Management Co. has the largest solar hot water system we know of on a Philadelphia area apartment complex.
This 36 unit building in West Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA managed by Galman Group now has its hot water preheated by the sun, reducing gas bills for the owners, and reducing combustion emissions for all of us.
This 52 unit apartment building received a 26 panel solar hot water system projected to save the owner approximately $6,201 in fuel costs per year and provide an 18% return on investment.
UPDATE 11/09: Customer gas bill data shows savings of $540/mo. through the unusually rainy 2009 summer, extrapolating to $6,479 per year (possibly a little better savings than projected).
This new 117 unit hotel/apartment complex is to receive a 30 panel solar hot water system projected to save about $8,788 of annual fuel costs and provide a 20% return on investment.
This 21 unit condo building received a 17 panel solar hot water system projected to save the owners $3,178/year in fuel costs, and provide a 16% return on investment.
This 22 unit building received a 15 panel solar hot water system projected to save the owner approximately $2,875 per year in fuel costs, and produce a return on investment over of 18%.
UPDATE 11/09: 3 year averaging of customer gas bill shows actual annual savings of $2,827.
This 16 unit building received a 9 panel solar hot water system projected to save the owners $1,683 in annual fuel costs and provide a 16% return on investment.
This 20 unit apartment building received a 10 panel solar hot water system projected to save the owner approximately $1,935 per year in fuel costs, and provide a 17% return.
Rushforth Solar is now offering to install large custom tanks for other solar contractors in the Mid-Atlantic region. Here is a Washington DC apartment building where we installed a 3,200 gallon tank.
