Renovation of Salazar Hall at Sonoma State University has earned the campus a Flex Your Power Energy Efficiency Award.
SSU president Ruben Arminana will receive the award from Flex Your Power President Wally McGuire at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 18. Sixth District Assemblyman Joe Nation and FYP project manager Dan Wasserman will also be on hand.
Media representatives are invited to attend.
The annual Flex Your Power Energy Efficiency Awards recognizes businesses, government agencies and institutions that have demonstrated exceptional leadership and extraordinary contributions to advance energy efficiency in California.
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The former university library is now one of the most energy efficient public buildings in northern California and has one of the largest solar panel grids in the region, covering 9,500 square feet with 1200 panels.
In addition to utilizing solar panels in its energy collection, SSU's Salazar Hall also features evaporative cooling features that in the past year supplied conditioned air to 120,000 square feet of classroom and office building space with almost no mechanical cooling required. The result of this has been a 70-percent reduction in the cost of operations as compared to a traditional efficient mechanical cooling system.
Commissioner Susan P. Kennedy of the California Public Utilities Commission issued glowing praises of this year's 20 honorees. "I hope the Flex Your Power Award winners inspire all Californians to use energy more wisely. California recently adopted the most aggressive energy efficiency goals in the nation. These energy savings can be achieved if all Californians are as committed to energy efficiency and conservation as the 2004 Flex Your Power Award Winners are."
A complete list of Flex Your Power 2004 award winners and details about their efforts are available at http://www.FYPower.org.
