How Much Do You Want to Save on Your Utility Bill? A Silver Lining to the Economic Downturn Part III
Part Three in a Four Part Series Windows Windows contribute mightily to the heating and cooling load on a home and thus, the energy that is used to condition the home’s space – estimated at roughly 10% of a home’s energy consumption. There have been a host of technological advances that have dramatically improved the energy efficiency of windows – today’s most efficient commonly available windows insulate four times better than windows that were available two to three decades ago. Windows now come regularly with multiple layers of...
read moreNorth California Golf Tournament a Swinging Success!
At the 2010 Annual Northern California Golf Tournament held on May 17th, Swinerton subcontractors, employees and Clients kept the “fun” in fundraising, bringing in over $41,000 in support of the Swinerton Foundation. Despite a heavy drizzle, all 110 participants enjoyed an afternoon of good natured jokes and powerful strokes. Winners of the big day included: Chris Clark of Bigge Crane for the Men’s Long Drive, Chief Interiors Estimator Pam Jefferis for the Women’s Long Drive, and closest to the hole (at an astounding 3’8”) was won...
read moreSolar Picture of the Week – Murrieta Vons
The Murrieta Vons project is a fixed, roof-mounted solar energy field in Murrieta, CA. The project consists of 1,024 Sanyo 190/195 panels for a totals ystem output of 198,860 kW. Additionally, the system included the use of the SunLink racking system, and a Satcon 225kW inverter. Swinerton San Diego’s project management oversight of the engineering, procurement, prefabrication, construction, and profit/loss responsibility enabled the project to be delivered without any disruption of normal operations of the grocery...
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Part Two in a Four Part Series Heating We generally take our home’s heating system for granted – that is until it isn’t working or we get the monthly utility bill during those nasty winter months. Most homes have a furnace, which uses an igniter switch to burn natural gas or in some cases propane (or fuel oil), to heat up air via a heat exchanger; which is in turn circulated throughout the house, at least in a central heating system. Furnaces are typically the single largest consumer of energy in a home and the largest contributor to the...
read moreSolar Picture of the Week – Harrah’s Rincon Casino
Swinerton is the EPC contractor for this ground mount, single axis tracker system at Harrah’s Rincon Casino. Located in Valley Center California, the project utilizes Suntech 280 watt modules, AE Solaron 500kW inverters, and the Wattsun single axis tracking system. This system will reduce Green House Gas emissions by 42,680 tons of...
read moreAlways Dream Play Park
Swinerton’s relationship with Kristi Yamaguchi and the Always Dream Foundation was developed through Senior Project Manager Chris Young, who had volunteered with the Always Dream Foundation in the past and had a great relationship with Kristi through his involvement in her home figure skating club. When the COO of the Always Dream Foundation mentioned Kristi’s vision for the Always Dream PlayPark to Chris he immediately went to the Swinerton Foundation to see how we could get involved since it was in line with our core value of...
read moreHow Much Do You Want to Save on Your Utility Bill? A Silver Lining to the Economic Downturn Part I
Part One in a Four Part Series The stimulus package signed by President Obama in February 2009 included $25 billion in core energy efficiency programs. Over 50% of this funding, more than $14 billion, has been allocated towards upgrading federal, school and higher education facilities to high performance buildings “in ways that are consistent with a recognized green building rating system.” While this is significant in and of itself, what is equally significant is the funding on the residential market that is available to home owners....
read moreSwinerton Sustainability Challenge at Stanford
For almost 10 years Swinerton employees Adhamina Rodriguez and Dan Gonzales have been industry mentors at the AEC Global Teamwork course at Stanford University. AEC Global Teamwork is a unique and innovative program that was launched in 1993 by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. The program engages students from over 24 Universities worldwide in the process of developing a building project from conceptual design to virtual construction. Furthermore, the program involves undergraduate and graduate...
read moreSolar Picture of the Week – Padre Dam at Santee Lakes
The Padre Dam solar energy field was installed on a series of 15′ 0″ tall carport shade structures that are used for parking and storage of 300 recreational vehicles. The system generates 862 Kilowatts of DC power, and has an annual output of 1.48M kWhr each
read moreRebuilding Together
On April 24th Swinerton Builders Colorado and Silicon Valley truely exhibited the Swinerton core value of Commitment to Our Communities and the Environment by participating in their local Rebuilding Together “Rebuilding Day.” Thanks to everyone that participated for giving your time and effort to make a difference. The Crew Weathers the Storm Once again this year, talented members of the Colorado Division of Swinerton Builders put their time, effort, talents and energy into Rebuilding Together Metro Denver. This nonprofit organization is...
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