COLMAR, PA- Jarmel Kizel Architects and Engineers, Inc. has teamed up with Apollo Solar Partners, a turnkey solar solutions company, to design a solar photovoltaic system for Hatfield Ice World, an ice skating facility here. “With so many businesses focused on reducing energy costs and energy efficiency, this design for the ice arena just makes perfect sense,” David Margolin, president of Apollo Solar, tells GlobeSt.com.

The solar PV panel array will be mounted on the roof of the 67,500-square-foot ice rink facility, which houses two regulation-size rinks. The system design calls for a nameplate rating of 400 kilowatts, which is estimated to generate 473,601 kilowatt hours of power per year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 355 tons, also yearly.

Apollo Solar set the design criteria, solar specifications and mounting designs for the appropriate sun angles for the solar PV arrays, while Jarmel Kizel’s Energy Solutions Studio performed structural analysis and design as well as electrical design. Kenrich Mechanical, Inc., a company that supplies green products and provides solar installation services, is assisting. “This solar PV array will considerably reduce Hatfield Ice World’s energy bill and energy consumption, while at the same time providing them with additional revenue through Solar Renewable Energy Credits, or solar AECs," says Jarmel Kizel principal Matthew B. Jarmel.