Comments on: Dell Does it Again! Solar Trees Planted in Dell Parking Lot http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Jonathan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-7814 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:04:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-7814 I heard 7 to 8 year payback and about $500,000 to $600,000 to build

]]> By: Jonathan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24883 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:04:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24883 I heard 7 to 8 year payback and about $500,000 to $600,000 to build

]]> By: Jonathan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24884 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:04:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24884 I heard 7 to 8 year payback and about $500,000 to $600,000 to build

]]> By: Jonathan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-7813 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:03:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-7813 While Envision Solar touts its accomplishment, the true accolades belong to McBride Electric located in Austin (Round Rock) Texas. It was McBride Electric that was the general contractor for Dell Computers and chose to use Envision for the structural design of the “Trees”. They [McBride] utilized other contractors for various portions of the project on various trades. Though there were significant issues involved with the structural steel by Envision that caused McBride to make in-the-field repairs and changes to the assembly, McBride overcame those obstacles and produced a great landmark installation for Dell. This is obviously just the very first of many installation of both covered parking and most likely roof top mounted photovoltaic system that Dell will be installing. The credit belongs to those at the general contractor [McBride Electric] and Dell for an outstanding project. I watched the building of this outside of my window.

]]> By: Jonathan http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24882 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24882 While Envision Solar touts its accomplishment, the true accolades belong to McBride Electric located in Austin (Round Rock) Texas. It was McBride Electric that was the general contractor for Dell Computers and chose to use Envision for the structural design of the “Trees”. They [McBride] utilized other contractors for various portions of the project on various trades. Though there were significant issues involved with the structural steel by Envision that caused McBride to make in-the-field repairs and changes to the assembly, McBride overcame those obstacles and produced a great landmark installation for Dell. This is obviously just the very first of many installation of both covered parking and most likely roof top mounted photovoltaic system that Dell will be installing. The credit belongs to those at the general contractor [McBride Electric] and Dell for an outstanding project. I watched the building of this outside of my window.

]]> By: Home Solar Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-7812 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:03:20 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-7812 All the employees will be down there trying to charge up there iPods.

]]> By: Home Solar Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24879 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24879 All the employees will be down there trying to charge up there iPods.

]]> By: Home Solar Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24880 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24880 All the employees will be down there trying to charge up there iPods.

]]> By: Home Solar Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24881 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24881 All the employees will be down there trying to charge up there iPods.

]]> By: blah blah blacksheep http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-7811 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:15:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-7811 No mention of how much this cost, though. Also, no mention on how much of a dent in the building’s electrical bill it’ll provide. Would really like to see those stats.

]]> By: blah blah blacksheep http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24876 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24876 No mention of how much this cost, though. Also, no mention on how much of a dent in the building’s electrical bill it’ll provide. Would really like to see those stats.

]]> By: blah blah blacksheep http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24877 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24877 No mention of how much this cost, though. Also, no mention on how much of a dent in the building’s electrical bill it’ll provide. Would really like to see those stats.

]]> By: blah blah blacksheep http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24878 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24878 No mention of how much this cost, though. Also, no mention on how much of a dent in the building’s electrical bill it’ll provide. Would really like to see those stats.

]]> By: Kim http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24875 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:17:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24875 What percentage of Dell’s revenue has been earmarked ( set aside ) to deal with the problem of waste disposal of its toxic products?

That would be a true indicator of how green is Dell. Not installing a few solar trees on its campus.

Shipping all the toxic waste comprising of old PCBs to developing countries is not the solution for Americans who get tired on their very functional PCs and laptops each Christmas, just because Intel’s and Microsoft’s advertising makes them feel inadequate !

Check this out:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Toxic-waste-on-US-ship-Gujarat-panel/articleshow/5132641.cms

Enjoy !

Kim Singh

kim_singh@yahoo.com

]]> By: Kim http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-7810 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:17:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-7810 What percentage of Dell’s revenue has been earmarked ( set aside ) to deal with the problem of waste disposal of its toxic products?

That would be a true indicator of how green is Dell. Not installing a few solar trees on its campus.

Shipping all the toxic waste comprising of old PCBs to developing countries is not the solution for Americans who get tired on their very functional PCs and laptops each Christmas, just because Intel’s and Microsoft’s advertising makes them feel inadequate !

Check this out:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Toxic-waste-on-US-ship-Gujarat-panel/articleshow/5132641.cms

Enjoy !

Kim Singh

kim_singh@yahoo.com

]]> By: rich EE http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-7809 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:33:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-7809 If I’m not mistaken , you mean 130,000 KW Hr. per year .

Kw is a measure of instantaneous power .

]]> By: rich EE http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24874 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:33:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24874 If I’m not mistaken , you mean 130,000 KW Hr. per year .

Kw is a measure of instantaneous power .

]]> By: John http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-7808 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:56:32 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-7808 How does following Google’s lead make Dell a “trendsetter”? It would be interesting to know what percentage of Dell’s workforce drives a plug-in hybrid or electric car to work and what happens to all the extra energy generated by these cells if that’s all they’re being used to power.

]]> By: John http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-24873 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:56:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-24873 How does following Google’s lead make Dell a “trendsetter”? It would be interesting to know what percentage of Dell’s workforce drives a plug-in hybrid or electric car to work and what happens to all the extra energy generated by these cells if that’s all they’re being used to power.

]]> By: ernie http://cleantechnica.com/2009/10/27/dell-solar-trees/#comment-7807 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:53:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=3829#comment-7807 good to know dell is also following this trend that google has started, soon the success of every company should also incorporate their involvement in clean energy, this should also form part of their corporate social responsibily

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