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GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS' Solar Attic Fans Help Louisiana Multifamily Apartments Reduce Electricity Bills Fast

As a leading distributor-dealer of Attic Breeze's solar attic fans, GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS trained a Louisiana general contractor to install 125+ solar attic fans, helping low-income apartment residents lower electricity bills fast, and create cooler, healthier apartments.

NEW ORLEANS, LA — November 15, 2011 — LouisianaSolarAtticFans.com - This week, GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS is helping hundreds of Louisiana apartment residents in nearly 40 apartment buildings to cut their electricity bills and improve their apartments' energy efficiency with solar attic fans.

GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS' founder Mark Alan Robinson trained a Louisiana general contractor's team to install 125+ solar attic ventilation systems at two Section 8, affordable housing multi-family apartment complexes - Georgetown of New Orleans, 6211 Bridgehampton Drive and 6419 Derbyshire Drive in New Orleans East, Louisiana 70126 in Orleans Parish, phone number (504) 241-2385.

In 2012, GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS will return to these New Orleans apartment communities to host a free "GREEN [BOOT CAMP] for Apartment Communities: A Hands-On Solar Intensive," like the one to be held this Saturday, November 19, 2011 at Brazos Bend Villa Apartments in southwest Houston. Robinson will teach and feed Louisiana kids and adults about green jobs, solar attic fans, solar panels, wind turbines, and even plant fruit trees to produce $100,000+ of healthy food for the next 20+ years, alleviating the need for food stamps.

   

Whether old, new or recently renovated like these Section 8, low-income apartments now featuring other energy efficiency best practices - like radiant barrier foil and new insulation – single family and multi-family residents can all benefit from cooler, less humid, well-circulated attic air achieved with solar attic ventilation.

Even at record low electricity prices, these Louisiana solar attic fans pay back fast – typically in under two years, largely due to the 30 percent federal tax credit and 50 percent Louisiana tax credit for onsite solar systems.

“This low-cost, proven best practice for retrofits and new construction offers a rapid payback to apartment occupants, managers and owners,” said Kenneth Tann, President of Multi-family Mission Ministries, Inc. (MMM Housing) which redeveloped and manages Georgetown Apartments and other affordable housing apartments in Texas and Louisiana. “Tenants with lower bills and more comfortable living spaces are happier. And, our maintenance staff finds it easier to work in cooler attics, when needed.”

 

By changing the attic air 15 to 30 times per hour for free over the next 30 years, these roof-mounted and gable-mounted solar photovoltaic attic ventilation systems are expected to reduce attic temperatures to within just a few degrees of outside air temperatures, to mitigate humidity, to lower residents’ utility bills, and to improve apartment occupants' thermal comfort.

“Probably the most inspiring coincidence was the fact that my cab driver had lived at the Georgetown Apartments years ago,” said Robinson. “He was happy to see how well the recent renovation and solar attic fans have improved his friends' quality of life.

Robinson said, “It is an honor to be part of MMM Housing and Georgetown's ongoing mission and faith-based ministry."


For more information about Louisiana and Texas solar attic fans, how to green multifamily apartments, and other healthy, economical, and practical green energy, green building and green business best practices, call 877-ECO-TEXAS or email research@greenbestpractices.com.



About Momentum Bay’s GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS

GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS (www.greenpower4texas.com) is a Houston-based energy procurement and full-service energy management consulting firm focused on sustainability. The firm procures and manages energy for primarily green businesses and green buildings, particularly those pursuing LEED, ENERGY STAR and Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR certification. To learn more about GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS’ service offerings – including energy strategy, energy demand, energy supply (offsite and onsite procurement), energy marketing and communications, and energy monitoring – visit:


About Multi-family Mission Ministries, Inc.

MMM Housing is a non-profit, Christian ministry that loves its neighbors by acquiring, operating and maintaining low-income and moderate-income apartment housing and other affordable housing, public housing and Section 8 multi-family properties in Texas and Louisiana.

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MOMENTUM BAY ASSOCIATES LP (d.b.a. Sustainable Texas® and GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS) is a full-service energy & sustainability management consulting firm headquartered in Houston, Texas since 2002. The firm equips executives and their teams to plan game-changing green strategies and execute specific best-in-class projects, primarily related to green energy, green building and/or green business, from strategy to procurement to messaging.

Momentum Bay is also an approved provider of mandatory continuing education (MCE) credit courses with the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC; provider #0515).

The firm’s business unit GREEN POWER 4 TEXAS provides full-service energy procurement & energy management consulting focused on sustainability & renewable energy: Energy Strategy, Energy Demand, Energy Supply-Procurement, Energy Communications (Marketing / Messaging), & Energy Monitoring. Registered Texas Electricity Aggregator PUC #80247.

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