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Valley Village senior citizens are taking the lead on a challenge that will be the greatest our children will face: Clean Energy. Our solar installation was a cooperative project of Valley Village, Silicon Valley Power, The City of Santa Clara and members of the local business community. Grants from Silicon Power, Intel, Yahoo, California Paperboard, Equinix and local businesses provided funding to install the solar panels. The residents of Valley Village have benefited from steadily declining electric power costs during a period when most of California has been suffering from an energy crisis. Below is a list of retrofit projects completed in recent years:
- 2007 - Solar Electric Panels - Building 1
- 2003 - New natural gas energy saving hot water heaters
- 2002 - New efficient walk-in refrigerator/freezer for dining program
- 1992-2002 - Updated all lights and oudated fixtures
Valley Village Retirement Community is a single facility, non-profit organization that pays all utilities and passes on all savings to senior residents.
You can find out more about our solar installation and see how much electricity is currently being produced at:
http://www.siliconvalleypower.com/?sub=neighborhoodsolar
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