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    Ameresco Completes Solar PV Installation at Bank of America’s Campus in Arizona

    Nov. 1, 2021
    The installation included rooftop arrays, EV charging stations and a solar-powered ATM
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    Ameresco, a renewable energy asset developer, completed the installation of nearly 10,000 solar modules at Bank of America’s campus in Chandler, Arizona. The solar installations included arrays on rooftops and covered carports, electric vehicle charging stations, solar-powered benches to recharge personal devices and a solar-powered ATM.

    The installation will offset about 60% of the electricity requirements of the campus each year. It will reduce nearly 5,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions annually.

    “In 2019, Bank of America reached carbon neutrality through efforts like this project. While it is a good start, we aim to be net zero before 2050,” said Mark O’Grady, real estate portfolio management executive at Bank of America. “Not only is it one of the largest ‘behind the meter’ solar projects west of Ohio, but it also gives our employees something they’ve been asking for, great covered parking spaces.”

    This installation will result in a reduction of almost 5,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions annually.

    Work on the project commenced in November 2020 and completed in August 2021.

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    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

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    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids.

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