WES Engineering installed Literacy Network's Racking System

Literacy Network of Dane County

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LOCATION: Madison, Wisconsin  |  CAPACITY: 19 kW  |  PROJECT COMPLETED: December 2018

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:
Logo_WES Engineering

 

 

 

Founded in 1974, the Literacy Network teaches reading, writing, communication and computer skills to approximately 1,000 low-income Dane County adults each year (90% are people of color; 67% are women). A staff of 28 and nearly 900 annual volunteers help participants achieve financial security, well-being and deeper engagement with their families and the community.

In fall 2016, after renting for more than 40 years, Literacy Network purchased and renovated the building at 701 Dane Street, with nearly four times more space than their previous location.

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Perennial Co-op Rooftop

Perennial Cooperative

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LOCATION:  Madison, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  14.4 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: February 2023

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:
Full Spectrum Solar

 

Perennial Co-op is an 11-member housing co-op that provides permanent affordable housing on Madison’s south-east side of town.

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Pine Valley Community Village sign

Pine Valley Community Village

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LOCATION:  Richland Center, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  179.8 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: September 2023

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:

Solar Connection

 

 

Pine Valley Community Village consists of a 80-bed skilled care facility, and a 16-unit Assisted Living facility.

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Solar panels for Curative Connections

Curative Connections

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LOCATION:  Green Bay, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  280 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: January 2023

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:

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Curative Connections is a non-profit in Brown County, Wisconsin that helps seniors and adults with disabilities navigate options that support their goals for independence through a proactive approach to care and a clear focus on individual needs. Founded in 1948, they are a mission-driven and values-focused organization supporting a culture of gentleness.

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Neshkoro Fire District

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LOCATION:  Neshkoro, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  14.8 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: November 2021

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:

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The Neshkoro Fire District serves the Village of Neshkoro, the Town of Neshkoro, the Town of Crystal Lake (all in Marquette County), and a portion of the Town of Marion in Waushara County.  They provide fire suppression, emergency first response, and SCUBA dive team support to this area along with mutual aid to neighboring areas.

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Cashton Elementary

Cashton Elementary School

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LOCATION:  Cashton, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  65.86 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: August 2021

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Cashton Elementary School is a Wisconsin public K-12 education organization located in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

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Kathy’s House

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LOCATION:  Milwaukee, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  77 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: March 2021

SOLAR CONTRACTOR: Arch Electric

 

Kathy’s House is a hospital guest house committed to providing affordable lodging and caring support in a “home away from home” environment for families who need to travel to Milwaukee, Wis. for medical care. We serve approximately 3,000 patients and caregivers annually who are receiving advanced care at local hospitals. Most guests have a loved one with cancer.

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Solar panels on Art Ventures Retreat Center at Bethel Horizons, Dodgeville

Bethel Horizons

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LOCATION: Dodgeville, Wisconsin  |  CAPACITY: 40 kW  |  COMPLETION DATE: October 2018

SOLAR CONTRACTOR:
Logo_WES Engineering

 

 

 

 

The Prairie Center and the Venture Arts Retreat Center will each be generating about 50% of their own power.

Bethel Horizons is located on more than 548 acres bordering Governor Dodge State Park. Our mission is to develop and perpetuate a physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual environment which will strengthen and enhance the understanding of a person’s proper relation to nature, to self, to others and to God.”

(From Solar for Good grant)

Horizons is affiliated with Bethel Lutheran Church, Madison, Wisconsin and Lutheran Outdoor Ministries, an association of ELCA camps across the country.

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Sawyer County Non Profit Housing Development

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LOCATION:  Multiple locations in Sawyer County, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY:  120 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: May 2020

SOLAR CONTRACTOR: Carlson Electric

 

Sawyer County Non Profit Housing Development (Galaxie Apartments) provides affordable housing for seniors and people with disabilities at four locations in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.  The apartments are run by a full-time manager and a full-time maintenance man, with a Board of Directors overseeing the total operation.

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Christ Lutheran Church Spring Green: View from the Road

Christ Lutheran Church of Spring Green

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LOCATION: Spring Green, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY: 18 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: December 2018
SOLAR CONTRACTOR:
Logo_WES Engineering

 

 

 

Christ Lutheran Church has served the Spring Green, WI community for 135 years. In 2018, the co-op began planning another phase of their history: generating power from the sun. The resulting project should generate roughly 60% of the church’s electricity and set a great example of environmental stewardship for the community and for other congregations. Read more

First Unitarian Society of Madison

First Unitarian Society (FUS) of Madison

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LOCATION: Madison, Wisconsin   |   CAPACITY: 83 kW   |   COMPLETION DATE: October 2019
SOLAR CONTRACTOR:
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The First Unitarian Society (FUS) of Madison is a community of spiritual and ethical seekers that inhabits a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. FUS is one of the largest Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States, totaling over 1,400 members.

The Story

Over the years, FUS staff and board, the Sustainability Ministry Team, with the support of the FUS community, have developed a sustainable, carbon neutral vision, which now includes a 83kW solar panel system that was added to its campus in October of 2019. The new array was placed on the flat-roofed portions of FUS and outside the green roof on the Atrium addition and has the capacity to generate about 90,000 kW-hours of electricity annually – more than a quarter of the electricity it consumes, or about nine average-sized U.S. homes worth of energy. The system, designed by Full Spectrum Solar, maximizes the energy the building can generate with the roof space available.

The solar project is a major step toward the ministry team’s sustainability goals. Together with the solar project, the efficiency improvements will save money and get FUS toward the team’s goal of carbon net neutrality or better. FUS hopes its efforts will inspire its members to be more sustainable themselves.

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