Brewing beer is increasingly becoming an environmental issue across the U.S. Thankfully our brewing community is well aware of how important brewing efficiencies & environmentally friendliness are, and they’re responding. Great news about Arbor Brewing’s recent investment into solar power….enough solar power to offset 50% of their gas usage. Details from EnvironmentalLeader:
The Arbor Brewing Co. has made nearly $345,000 worth of energy efficiency improvements and solar system installations that will generate electricity and hot water, making the company the first solar-powered brewery in Michigan.
The firm made the improvements at locations in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan, AnnArbor.com reported, based on an energy and water audit from the Green Brewery Project, a non-profit consulting organization that originated from research at the University of Michigan.
Arbor’s Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti is making about $250,000 of improvements. The solar system, which will be competed by the end of July, will provide almost all of the Corner Brewery’s hot water needs and up to 15 percent of its electricity, AnnArbor.com reported.
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