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An affordable senior living center just received 77 kW of solar on its roof, thanks to a partnership between Constellation<\/a>, St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center (St. Ambrose)<\/a>, and GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic. St. Ambrose provides affordable housing to underserved individuals and families, and is Baltimore\u2019s oldest nonprofit housing agency. The solar system will cover part of the costs of the common area expenses, and will save St. Ambrose approximately $15,000 a year. These cost savings are allowing St. Ambrose to make significant upgrades to the center, including new HVAC units for each apartment, new handicap accessible bathrooms, new exercise equipment for the gym, and other various common area upgrades and unit repairs. The solar will also help keep the housing affordable for the residents, who are all on a fixed, low-moderate income. \u201cPreservation of affordable senior housing is imperative to do,\u201d explains Gerard Joab, Executive Director of St. Ambrose. <\/p>\n

Aigburth Vale is an unusual senior center. Part of the center is a repurposed mansion, originally built in 1868. The 340 solar panels will be installed on the 1999 addition of Aigburth Vale. This way, the residents living in the historic mansion will be able to see the solar from their apartment. Nancy, a five-year resident of Aigburth Vale, is one of those lucky seniors. \u201cIt\u2019s great to be a role model in our neighborhood,\u201d says Nancy, \u201cAnything that benefits Aigburth, benefits us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

This is GRID Alternatives\u2019 second multi-family solar installation in the Mid-Atlantic region, and its first in Baltimore. \u201cWe started with single family, but as solar grew, GRID started looking at other opportunities,\u201d explains Nicole Steele, executive director of GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, \u201cGRID is excited to expand our services to tenants.\u201d Congressman Sarbanes, the U.S. Representative for the third district of Maryland, is a Towson local. \u201cThis is a model for what can happen in so many places. This partnership should be showcased and replicated around the country,\u201d says the Congressman. <\/p>\n

\"Two<\/p>\n

On the groundbreaking day of the install, Constellation volunteers joined GRID Alternatives staff for a corporate workday, where corporations donate their money and time to a GRID installation to make it possible. Constellation helped sponsor part of the system that will soon benefit 70 senior residents. \u201cIt is important for our staff to touch solar instead of being in the office with Excel sheets. Working with GRID Alternatives is important for us,\u201d says Gary Fromer, Senior Vice President of Distributed Energy of Constellation. The volunteers were all from Constellation Distributed Energy, and work on solar and energy efficiency projects on a daily basis. But, this was many of the volunteers\u2019 first time actually installing solar. \u201cWe are very happy to support this initiative. I write about solar a lot, but now it\u2019s nice to see it. It\u2019s nice to be a part of something local in the community as well,\u201d says Lisa Nicholson, a proposal writer for Constellation Distributed Energy. <\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding relationships between the private and public sector to get things done is what today is all about,\u201d said Councilman David Marks, who represents the fifth District on Baltimore County Council. GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic was happy to celebrate the installation day with their partners and supporters, Constellation and St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center. Thanks to all! <\/p>\n

See more photos from our event here!<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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