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Hartz Mountain Takes in Some Sun

SECAUCUS, NJ-For its first installation of solar array panels, Hartz Mountain Industrial Inc. chose its Meadowlands Exposition Center here.

By Maria Wood | Updated on February 24, 2009

SECAUCUS, NJ-Earlier this week, Hartz Mountain Industries Inc. switched on solar energy panels installed atop its 80,000-square-foot Meadowlands Exposition Center. The company projects the building, which houses trade and consumer shows, will obtain about 40% of its electrical power from the solar arrays.

Lawrence Garb, EVP at locally based Hartz Mountain, says the installation is part of a sustainability effort the company embarked on back in late 2007. “One of the missions, among other things, was to invest in renewable energy and try to reduce our carbon footprint by using renewable energy,” he says. “We picked the convention center because it’s directly opposite our office building here, so it was something we could see and touch close to us. We operate it ourselves so there wasn’t any negotiation we had to do with a tenant. Also, the building is built like a warehouse, but it’s a heavy energy user because of it being an exposition trade floor.”

Garb says that Hartz plans to install solar roofs on other buildings in its 39-million-square-foot portfolio. It is also the first completed solar installation in the state to be partially funded by PSE&G’s Solar Loan Program.

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