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Photovoltaics

Absolutely Electric — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 17:48:12 +0000

Photovoltaics

Absolutely Electric has assisted us with numerous photovoltaics/solar power projects. They are the very definition of competence and professionalism. Earl and the crew makes what we know to be a very complex process with lots of moving parts look easy. Our highest recommendation.

Mike Rochholz
CEO, Sequoia Roofing

Project Overview

Absolutely Electric Inc. has been involved in the solar industry since the early 2000’s. Between then and now we have been involved in countless projects of varying size and complexity and it can be truly said that we can find a self-generation solution for any situation. Coupling our engineering and application knowledge with our familiarity with the totality of this industry allows us to design custom projects while remaining price competitive with our less sophisticated competition.

Project Highlights:

Aproximatly 500 Megawatts Genereated
All sectors served; Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional
Roof and Ground Mount
Self-Ballast Mount and Rail
String and Micro Inverter
Grid-Tie and Grid Independent
Advanced Energy Storage
Institutional knowledge and expertise on Utility rate Net Metering implications
Manufacturer agnostic, custom design solution for every project

Slide through our gallery of Photovoltaic projects…

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San Carlos United Methodist Church Commercial Solar Installation

Absolutely Electric — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 17:45:35 +0000

San Carlos United Methodist Church

SCUMC is very proud of our relationship with Absolutely Electric and happy to be included on your website. The professionalism and courtesy shown by Travis, Earl and all your employees impressed everyone at our church and preschool that your team interacted with during the LED light conversion and solar system installation. The results speak volumes as they are mirroring your estimated savings. We could not be more pleased with our decision to contract with you and highly recommend your services to other organizations and individuals wanting to install Solar and/or convert their lighting to LED.

Rick Doremus
San Carlos United Methodist Church Trustees

Project Overview:

San Carlos United Methodist Church in San Diego California requested that Absolutely Electric Inc provide a holistic solution energy efficiency solution to the campus, which includes a worship sanctuary, meeting and administration facilities, and a Preschool. AE and SCUMC Board Members Rick Dormus and Gregory Doucette identified a lighting and controls retrofit opportunity as well as candidacy for a Photovoltaic (Solar Power) System. Using third party Utility rebates and Incentives, AE designed and installed a new lighting system, almost entirely without cost to SCUMC. A few months later AE followed up with the design and construction of a Solar Power System sized to the reduced energy load. These steps, along with AE guidance to the proper Utility tariff and meter aggregation have resulted in SCUMC becoming a Net Zero Energy House of Worship.

Project Highlights:

30% of SCUMC's energy usage was reduced with a LED Lighting Retrofit.
100% of SCUMC's remaining energy usage is Solar Powered
50kW DC Solar System
Uses SolarWorld and SolarEdge Panels and Inverters
96,200kWh generated or offset annually.
Offsets 48 metric tons of CO2 annually
Equal to 12 homes annual electrical use
Equal to 2,405 trees' ability to process CO2
Designed and Built by Absolutely Electric In 2016.

Here are the "Before" (spiky) and "After" (smooth) spectral pictures of the light in the preschool classrooms. A major improvement of the new LED technology is developing eyes experience less strain defining the missing light between the primary spikes as they used to have to under fluorescent light- Now the color and contrast are rendered in a similar fashion to the sun.

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San Diego Central Library

Absolutely Electric — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 17:44:58 +0000

San Diego Central Library

Travis and Absolutely Electric, Inc. played a key role in my work at the Art Gallery for the San Diego New Central Library. As the deadline for the opening exhibition loomed, we discovered that the lighting specified for this significant public space was inadequate and outdated. I contacted Travis to come out and suggest ways that the library could "go LED" and stay within our budget and design intent. Travis prepared a game plan that met ALL of our criteria. His team made precise and expert adjustment to our track system to optimize light coverage and our show opened without a hitch. For depth of knowledge, precision of execution and a positive experience-we heartily recommend Absolutely Electric, absolutely!

David Jurist
David Jurist Construction
City of San Diego, Art Technician

Project Overview

Called in a mere weeks before the grand opening for an emergency redesign of the San Diego Central Library Gallery space, Absolutely Electric Inc. worked with the San Diego Commission on Arts and Culture, equipment manufacturers and project contractors to quickly pull together an energy efficient solution that provides exemplary lighting for artwork displayed in downtown San Diego’s newest destination.

Project Highlights:

Lighting quality dramatically improved
Lighting control facilitates events
7,500+kWh of usage reduced annually
Equal to a 4kW (325sq ft) solar system
Offsets 5 metric tons of CO2 annually
Equal to 1 homes annual electrical use
Equal to 187 trees ability to process CO2
750+kWh of HVAC cooling offset annually

Clarity of color rendition...

San Diego's newest destination…

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Grace Bible Church Commercial Solar Installation

Absolutely Electric — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 02:39:16 +0000

Grace Bible Church

Project Overview:

Grace Bible Church in Escondido California requested Absolutely Electric's help in designing and building a Photovoltaic system that would mitigate energy usage as well as keep energy demand under a certain threshold, allowing Grace to realize the financial benefits of the most advantageous utility tariff. AE worked with Deacons Ken Boe and Vernon Nicklow P.E. to find the synergy of cost and benefit within these parameters.

Project Highlights:

70% of Grace's energy usage is Solar Powered
32kW DC Solar System
Uses SolarWorld and SolarEdge Panels and Inverters.
Panels and Inverters.
48,000kWh generated annually.
Offsets 24 metric tons of CO2 annually
Equal to 6 homes annual electrical use
Equal to 1,200 trees' ability to process CO2
Designed and Built by Absolutely Electric Inc. in 2015.

When faced with significant increases in future utility costs our church embarked on a two-pronged approach to reduce our utility bills. The first was to replace old HVAC systems. The second was to explore solar. Absolutely Electric was recommended to us by our HVAC contractor. We are very thankful they did. We talked with several solar contractors but were extremely impressed with Travis Nixon and Absolutely Electric. It was great to work with Travis and have someone who understood our technical questions and concerns. His technical knowledge and expertise was very refreshing to us (me as an electrical engineer and my co-volunteer in this project, a structural engineer). Travis addressed all my questions as I independently confirmed his solar production and cost models. His models are quite accurate and conservative. Our implemented design is producing more than the model prediction. He also addressed my co-volunteer’s structural engineering rail system wind loading questions and even incorporated his suggested staggered rail mount design to reduce wind loads on individual rafters. This is the mark of a true professional, adopting new and proven ideas to improve their products and services for their customers. We were also impressed with Earl Mohler, who coordinated the details of our solar project and kept us closely in the loop during the process. Our church solar system has been delivering as promised, along with the real savings in reduced energy costs.

In summary, we are very thankful we were introduced to Travis Nixon and Absolutely Electric. As further testament to our confidence and satisfaction with Absolutely Electric, both I and my co-volunteer went with Travis and Absolutely Electric for our own solar installations. Our personal satisfaction with Absolutely Electric also has resulted in several other families from our congregation contracting with them for their own solar installations.

Vernon Nicklow
Grace Bible Church

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Lux Art Institute Education Pavilion

Absolutely Electric — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 02:38:32 +0000

Lux Art Institute Education Pavilion

I have been a superintendent in the construction industry for the past 16 years. I’ve had the opportunity to work with many different electrical contractors over that time. Absolutely Electric, Inc. is one of the best. The quality, communication, and ability to roll with changes is unsurpassed. At Lux Art Institute there was an open beam lobby with an excessive amount of can lights that all had to be hard piped in ½” conduit. The work they did was nothing short of a masterpiece- fitting of an Art Institute. They were professional, courteous, and always on time. I would recommend them for any project large or small.

Martin Malone
Dempsey/Legacy Construction,
Lux Art Institute

Project Overview

Absolutely Electric Inc. was the electrical contractor on the Lux Art Institute Educational Pavilion tenant improvement designed by Anne Sneed Architectural Interiors and built by Dempsey Construction. Through cooperation with the stakeholders and end users AE not only executed the contract design but added controls and custom lighting component to the Pavilion and parent institution to facilitate day to day as well as event usage.

Project Highlights:

Lighting quality dramatically improved
Lighting control facilitates events
Customized Architectureal Infastructure
Complete TI rework of existing structure
Custom Lighting Accents
Custom Signage and effect lighting
Estimated 30% increase in efficiency from basecase construction.

Linear, even illuminance...

Facade gobo lighting signage...

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San Diego Garden Railroad

Absolutely Electric — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 02:37:31 +0000

San Diego Garden Railroad

Travis and his team at Absolutely Electric, Inc. are our go to company for all of the San Diego Model Railroad Museum's electrical work. They have been instrumental in helping the Model Railroad Museum with everything from energy efficient lighting design, to exterior low voltage lighting, to a complete solar power system with battery backup. Their professionalism is unmatched. If you're looking for a company to do electrical or lighting design, look no further.

Anthony Ridenhour
Executive Director,
SD Model Railroad Museum

Project Overview

San Diego Model Railroad Museum Executive Director Anthony Ridenhour tasked Absolutely Electric Inc. with providing the power source for his institution’s Balboa Park Centennial Garden Railroad Exhibit, open in 2015 in San Diego’s Balboa Park. Not only does the photovoltaic system AE designed power the exhibit, but it provides an educational model to acquaint industry professionals and general public in the concepts of Photovoltaics, Microgrid design, Advanced Energy Storage, Demand Flattening and Demand Load Shedding as well as utilizing State of California Rebate programs such as SGIP.

Project Highlights:

Exhibit is 100% Solar Powered
Energy Storage offers demand managment
Energy Storage offers backup power12,000+kWh of usage reduced annually
6kWh of Energy Storage available
Offsets 8 metric tons of CO2 annually
Equal to 2 homes annual electrical use
Equal to 300 trees ability to process CO2

Garden Railroad Trolley Stop...

Garden Railroad Conception
by David Reed Landscape Architects…

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ThermoFisher Scientific

Absolutely Electric — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 02:36:50 +0000

ThermoFisher Scientific

When I was managing energy projects for Thermo Fisher Scientific, AE helped me with multiple lighting projects including LED upgrades and lighting controls. AE's knowledge as well as their ability to work in sensitive areas was invaluable during the planning and implementation phases of my projects.

Owen Barrett
Global EH&S

Project Overview

Through multiple phases at ThremoFisher Scientific’s various campuses, Absolutely Electric Inc. has assisted ThermoFisher Global EH&S and lighting ESCO Every Watt Matters staff with the implementation of multiple measures of lighting and lighting controls. The results are massive energy savings, improved employee visual acuity, facility control of laboratory and general lighting, and significant decreases in maintenance liability- all under aggressive ROI strictures.

Project Highlights:

Visual Acuity Improved
Lighting control facilitates energy savings
560,000+kWh of usage reduced annually
Equal to a 280kW (20,000sq ft) solar system
Offsets 373 metric tons of CO2 annually
Equal to 70 homes annual electrical use
Equal to 13,658 trees ability to process CO
256,000+kWh of HVAC cooling offset

Interior environments…

Exterior spaces…

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Guardian Angels Church Commercial Solar Installation

Absolutely Electric — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 02:35:08 +0000

Guardian Angels Catholic Church

Project Overview:

Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Santee California requested that Absolutely Electric Inc provide a holistic solution energy efficiency solution to the campus, which includes a worship sanctuary, a Parsonage, meeting and administration facilities, and a Preschool. AE and GACC Members Steve Bollerman, Joe Zuniga, and Elda Woodson identified a lighting and controls retrofit opportunity as well as candidacy for a Photovoltaic (Solar Power) System. Using third party Utility rebates and Incentives, AE designed and installed a new lighting system, at a discounted cost to GACC. A few months later AE followed up with the design and construction of a Solar Power System sized to the reduced energy load. These steps, along with AE guidance to the proper Utility tariff an have resulted in SCUMC becoming a Net Zero Energy House of Worship.

Project Highlights:

30% of GACC energy usage was reduced with a LED Lighting Retrofit.
100% of GACC's remaining energy usage is
Solar Power
42kWDC Solar System
Uses Hyundai and SolarEdge
Panels and Inverters.
81,000kWh generated or offset annually.
Offsets 41 metric tons of CO2 annually
Equal to 10 homes annual electrical use
Equal to 2048 trees' ability to process CO2
Designed & Built by Absolutely Electric in 2016.

We, at Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Santee, were looking for a reliable and honest solar company to work with in an effort to reduce our ever increasing electric bills.

We received bids and spoke with 4 companies, but ultimately went with Absolutely Electric and are extremely pleased with your work and the outcome. Your knowledge of the product, ability to explain every step of the process involved and what to expect, your willingness to work with everyone and make sure we were happy sold us.

You laid out a most efficient lighting plan for the parish parking lots which made a tremendous difference in safety for our parishioners and guests. In addition, we now have more light in the church, our halls, meeting rooms, offices and are spending less.

Travis Nixon and Earl Mohler, were very hands on throughout the project, took time to show us how to check our system to make sure everything was working, spot any problems (which we have not had) and worked with us and SDG&E to make sure we were in the correct billing rate.

You always responded to our queries promptly and never made us feel it was an imposition. We are very happy with your work, the amount of electricity we’re saving and the money.

If we were to start this process over again, we would definitely go with Absolutely Electric!

Elda Woodson
Parish Bookkeeper, Guardian Angels Catholic Church

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The Athenaeum

Absolutely Electric — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:54:17 +0000

The Athenaeum

NixonChristophers Lighting Design and Absolutely Electric, Inc. helped us take our lighting system to the next level. Not only did they modernize it, improving functionality for our many events, they also installed lighting that uses much less energy. They continue to advise us on energy topics... They are a real full service operation!

Erika Torri
Executive Director,
The Athenaeum

Project Overview

Through third party utility funding, Absolutely Electric Inc. helped this historic downtown La Jolla jewel rework the lighting and controls for its library, gallery, and concert spaces to not only garner an extreme reduction in energy consumption, but also to facilitate an improvement in staff and visitor experiences through collection browsing, art show cycles and concert series. Currently, AE is working with the “Ath” to improve utility tariff liability through demand management.

Project Highlights:

Lighting quality dramatically improved
Lighting control mitigates 24 hour
operations and facilitates events
73,000+kWh of usage reduced anually
Equal to a 36kW (3,160sq ft) solar system
Offsets 47 metric tons of CO2 annually
Equal to 9 homes annual electrical use
Equal to 1825 trees ability to process CO2
7,300+kWh of HVAC cooling offset annually

Reading and reflection...

Gallery and event spaces…

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Timken Museum of Art

Absolutely Electric — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 03:33:18 +0000

Timken Museum of Art

It’s so easy to recommend Absolutely Electric, Inc. for any lighting project. The difficult part is knowing where to start. There are many hurdles to negotiate when upgrading the lighting in a painting museum. The proper color and illumination is dreadfully important, and our museum was specifically built to take advantage of the natural sunlight. Travis Nixon has a wealth of knowledge of both the science of light waves, and the anatomy of human optics, and helped us achieve our main goal of presenting our masterpieces in the best possible conditions.

James Petersen
Administrator,
Timken Museum

Project Overview

The Timken Museum of Art project was a utility program funded lighting and controls retrofit of the iconic Balboa Park Museum that not only improved the overall focal lighting pallet, but also cut operating costs drastically. Through the sophisticated lighting control system linked with the HVAC Controls (provided by Jackson & Blanc), The Timken is in process of setting up Automated Demand Response with the local utility and is now able to offer lending museums “report cards” which detail exact site conditions and allows curatorial staff to make informed decisions of artifact cycle scheduling.

Project Highlights:

Lighting quality dramatically improved
Lighting and control gentler on artifacts
Lighting control facilitates exhibit cycles
77,500+kWh of usage reduced annually
Equal to a 39kW (1550sq ft) solar system
Offsets 50 metric tons of CO2 annually
Equal to 10 homes annual electrical use
Equal to 1938 trees ability to process CO2
7,750+kWh of HVAC cooling offset annually

A stunning collection…

Sunlight and LED lighting

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