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Philadelphia Prison Installs Solar Panels for Hot Water




Riverside Correctional Facility - Philadelphia
The Riverside Correctional Facility, part of the Philadelphia Prison System "... hopes to save money - and the environment - by using solar panels to provide hot water ...project will save about $1.1Phila Prison System logo million and 1 million pounds of carbon emissions over the anticipated 25-year life of the system."

" ... solar-powered system ... replaces traditional oil- and gas-fired water heaters. ... prison system and the mayor's Office of Sustainability provided about $665,000 for the project.

 

Via: CentreDaily.Com Link





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Posted by Green Dude on December 5, 2008 06:03 AM | |





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