As 2023 comes to an end:
We want to take a moment to reflect and celebrate both the businesses and individuals we have been able to work with throughout the year.
When Same Sun opened its doors in Vermont thirteen years ago, we believed our mission was important: to work with folks to produce clean solar energy. In 2011, those kilowatt-hours primarily powered your lights and electrical appliances. Now, because of subzero heat pumps and a long list of EVs on the market, solar is heating your homes and powering your cars. Our dream is coming true: move all you can from fossil fuels to the grid and power the grid with your own solar array! Same Sun celebrated this at the Paramount Theatre this last Spring with “An Electrifying Afternoon.”
An Electrifying Afternoon
2023, The Paramount Theatre
Moving these devices to the grid has created a new category of work for Same Sun, namely the upgrading of electrical panels and the installation of EV chargers. Our Master Electrician, through our Service Division, has been quite busy with the upgrades and additions that are making this revolution from fossil fuels to clean electricity possible.
Same Sun solarizes Vermont, New Hampshire and New York. Many New Hampshire residents were hit with sudden and unprecedented utility rate increases, and turned to solar as a way to mitigate the cost. We focused primarily on residential solar projects in this area to help these customers become part of the solution while lowering those electric bills.
In 2023, probably our most famous Vermont client, Whistlepig Whiskey, chose to add a ground array to the unusual and impressive rooftop array Same Sun completed years ago. Together, these two arrays provide all the electricity the distillery employs. 100% clean energy; as if one needed another reason to enjoy this premium rye whiskey!
Easily the most gratifying and historic work we did this year in New York is the Whitehall Castle. This former armory, built in 1899 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has been given new life through modern systems such as heat pumps and the solar helps cover the cost of energy improvements. Bringing 21st century technology to a 19th century landmark makes us aware of the continuum that is our past and our future.
Of course, we are not alone in understanding this revolution. Major home designers have chosen Same Sun to build arrays for their clients and for their own businesses. Naylor and Breen, VMS Construction, A. Tedesco Masonry and The Wadsworth Company are among our new partners.
In conclusion we acknowledge that whatever Same Sun achieves simply doesn’t exist without our clients. We laid out the facts and designs and you made the decision to go solar with us – a commitment to do the right thing environmentally.
Having run out of rooftops and grounds at our own home years ago when we built our third solar array – thanks for letting us use yours!
Happy Holidays to you all.
PS: The Same Sun office will close at 5pm December 22nd, 2023 and reopen January 2nd, 2024 at 9AM to give our exceptional staff some well-deserved time off.