Taliesin West recently completed a new $1 million solar-power system to increase its energy efficiency.
Tempe-based First Solar donated and installed about 4,000 solar panels on the historic property.
A dozen more Arizona and national companies donated parts, expertise and effort toward the "Energizing Taliesin West" program.
Energy efficiency consultants Big Green Zero, a Phoenix company, led the initiative.
The power system is expected to reduce the annual energy bill of $200,000 by 51 percent through efficiency improvements to the 500-acre Scottsdale property, according to Big Green Zero. The balance of the bill would be offset by renewable solar energy.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which oversees the property, reports that a 500-megawatt-hours-per-year system will operate with no water or waste, eliminating more than 300 tons of carbon dioxide annually, or the equivalent of taking more than 50 cars off the road.
The more than 100,000 yearly visitors will see the solar panels on the road up to Taliesin West, which is northeast of Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and Cactus Road.
But structures on the campus will look as they did when construction on Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and architectural training ground began in 1937.
Source: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2012/06/02/20120602taliesin-west-finishes-solar-power-panels.html#ixzz1x4PXlGsk
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