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The challenge facing the Tower Company was to determine how to install cost-effective rooftop solar on a 1960s high-rise apartment building with an existing structure and near full occupancy. Read this column from Better Buildings to explore the solution and outcome (including a one-year after-tax payback).

Hospice of the Foothills, a nonprofit hospice facility in Grass Valley, Calif., expects to save more than $750,000 in energy costs over the next 25 years, or $30,000 annually, thanks to a solar system installed at the facility.

Kimberly-Clark announced Feb. 26 the completion of a 3 MW solar project at their facility in LaGrange, Ga., of which all the output and associated credits will be solar to Georgia Power to advance their renewable energy development goals.

Garanti BBVA, a Turkish-based global financial institution, announced Feb. 24 that they will source all of the 90 million kWh used in 813 branches and 45 corporate buildings from 100% renewable energy sources by the end of 2020.

Tomco Machining, a tools manufacturer based on Dayton, Ohio, will be moving to a new facility through a $990,000 energy efficiency business loan from the Dayton-Montgomery County Port Authority.