Blog Editor and Contributor: Leigh Cole.  I am a shareholder and director of Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, PC, a regional law firm in Burlington, VT.  With a national immigration law practice, I could live and work anywhere. I grew up in Vermont, but now I choose to live here for the same reasons other businesses and professionals choose Vermont - quality of life, beauty, safety, serenity, and a healthy economy to make it all possible.


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Wednesday
Aug242011

>Solar Law Firm?

We just met with Matt Murphy of Peck Solar, a division of Peck Electric, and Jeff Kenyon from our property management firm Redstone, about installing solar panels on our firm's building.  Peck recently installed solar panels at the ECHO Center just up the Burlington waterfront from our office. Our building has flat roof sections with an unobstructed view to the southwest over Lake Champlain and the economics of installing solar are extremely favorable.  Plus if we can install a 60 KW system we can reduce our carbon footprint by 116,569 lbs per year!  The idea initiated in the firm's Social Responsibility Committee and received immediate support from the firm at large.  The only question is whether our funky roof, a flat roof sandwiched between two peaked roofs with north/south exposure and smaller flat sections along the northerly peaked section, provides sun and space for adequate panels to justify a solar installation.  We should have a detailed assessment of feasibility from Peck Solar in the next week or so.  Meanwhile we're celebrating our acceptance by Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) as the newest Champion Member!  We truly appreciate VBSR's recognition of our CSR efforts by VBSR.  Stay tuned for an update on the solar project's feasibility.