{"id":21461,"date":"2013-11-26T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=21461"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:23:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:23:02","slug":"solar-panel-project-continues-at-owc-austin-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/21461-solar-panel-project-continues-at-owc-austin-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Panel Project Continues at OWC Austin Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13757\" alt=\"recycle-OWC-300\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/recycle-OWC-300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/recycle-OWC-300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/recycle-OWC-300-124x120.jpg 124w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/recycle-OWC-300-284x275.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/recycle-OWC-300-190x184.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/recycle-OWC-300-124x120@2x.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/21406-owc-brings-green-attitude-to-austin-facility\">you may have read last week<\/a>, we here at OWC are looking to make our Austin facility more energy-efficient from the top down.<\/p>\n<p>Work continues on the installation of solar panels on the roof of our downtown office building. And as you can see in the photos below, the grid is now being installed and the roof will soon be ready for the ultra-efficient panels that are expected to provide no less than 32 percent of the building\u2019s annual power consumption.<\/p>\n<p>But the solar panels are just one step in our company-wide commitment to energy conservation and <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/21371-other-world-computing-named-green-tech-company-of-the-year-by-business-intelligence-group-for-corporate-environmental-protection-efforts\">environmental leadership<\/a> that includes our LEED Platinum Certified headquarters in Woodstock, Ill. Be sure to bookmark the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\">OWC Blog<\/a> for updates on OWC\u2019s green initiatives and to see the finished solar panel project.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>[nggallery id=59]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out our related OWC Austin Solar array articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/21406-owc-brings-green-attitude-to-austin-facility\">eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/21406-owc-brings-green-attitude-to-austin-facility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/21656-solar-panel-project-nears-completion-at-owc-austin\">eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/21656-solar-panel-project-nears-completion-at-owc-austin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/22478-solar-panel-installation-completed-at-austin-facility\">eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/22478-solar-panel-installation-completed-at-austin-facility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/22653-its-on-owc-harnessing-the-texas-sun\">eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/22653-its-on-owc-harnessing-the-texas-sun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/23244-solar-power-shines-in-2013-with-record-breaking-numbers\">eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/23244-solar-power-shines-in-2013-with-record-breaking-numbers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may have read last week, we here at OWC are looking to make our Austin facility more energy-efficient from the top down. 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