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Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood
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Media Advisory
Solar Array, Rain Garden and Sustainable Landscaping Dedication Ceremony
At The Sisters of St. Joseph’s Brentwood Campus
WHO: Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood, NextEra Energy Resources, EmPower Solar, The Nature Conservancy, Nelson Pope Voorhis Environmental Planning, Environmental and Community Partners, and Local Government Officials.
WHAT: Sisters of St. Joseph Solar Array, Rain Garden and Sustainable Landscaping Dedication Ceremony.
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, has completed a 1MW solar system on the Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood campus. The system is expected to offset approximately 63 percent of the current campus electricity needs.
The ground-mounted fixed-array system, co-developed and installed by Long Island-based EmPower Solar is located on approximately five acres owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph. In accordance with the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Sustainable Land Ethic Statement, a five-acre parcel designated as degraded woodlands was chosen to host the array and a new rain garden.
WHEN: Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood
1725 Brentwood Rd.
Brentwood, NY 11717