Junk mail advertising and marketing firm The Best Postcards just lately accomplished a 344-kW photo voltaic system on the roof of its facility in Cheshire, Connecticut. The system, financed utilizing C-PACE by Connecticut Green Bank, is estimated to supply vitality value financial savings of greater than $2.3 million over the anticipated helpful lifetime of the photo voltaic system.
Smart Roofs Solar put in the venture for The Finest Postcards, which was based in Connecticut in 2019 and has quickly expanded to serve companies throughout 48 states. As a data-driven advertising and marketing and printing accomplice, The Finest Postcards helps corporations strengthen their model, purchase new clients, retain loyal shoppers and have interaction goal audiences with measurable outcomes. From junk mail campaigns to signage, stickers, door hangers, and extra, all manufacturing and design is accomplished in-house at their Cheshire facility.
“At The Finest Postcards, we’re proud to take a giant step towards sustainability by putting in photo voltaic panels on our constructing,” mentioned Andrew Ettinger, co-founder and CEO. “Because of the excellent group at Sensible Roofs Photo voltaic and the monetary assist from Connecticut Inexperienced Financial institution, the method was clean from begin to end. Not solely are we considerably decreasing our environmental affect, however we’re additionally seeing significant financial savings on our vitality prices. This funding isn’t simply good for the planet — it’s sensible for enterprise.”
Photo voltaic initiatives put in by C-PACE (Business Property Assessed Clear Power) financing are designed to fulfill a optimistic savings-to-investment ratio, which signifies that these initiatives are cashflow optimistic for the property proprietor instantly. Greater than 400 initiatives have been financed by C-PACE, saving greater than $400 million in vitality prices for constructing homeowners.
“C-PACE has supported numerous photo voltaic initiatives in Cheshire, and we’re excited that this set up will assist The Finest Postcards scale back their vitality prices and concentrate on their core enterprise,” mentioned Mackey Dykes, EVP of financing packages on the Inexperienced Financial institution.
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