Andrew Savage, All Earth Renewables, Hapy Mayer, Small Dog COO and CFO, Gov. Peter Shumlin, Nik Ponzio, Building Energy, and Richard Travers, CEO of Freeaire Refrigeration. Photo by Michael Joseph
Waitsfield — Solar electric stations seem to be popping up like sunflowers everywhere in Vermont. Now the state’s latest alternative energy project to turn-on-the-juice was dedicated at Small Dog Electronics headquarters in Waitsfield Feb. 16.
Small Dog, an Apple specialist, reseller and accessories firm with retail stores in Vermont and New Hampsire, recently installed a solar photovoltaic farm outside its corporate offices in Waitsfield to provide the power needed to run its retail store in South Burlington, as well as half of the power for the company’s Waitsfield headquarters.
The new, locally manufactured solar trackers are the latest in a series of investments made by Small Dog Electronics toward a goal of achieving net zero usage of non-renewable energy.
Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) was on hand for the ceremony and was joined by Hapy Mayer, COO and CFO of Small Dog, Andrew Savage of AllEarth Renewables, Nik Ponzio of Building Energy, and Richard Travers, CEO of Freeaire Corporation.
Small Dog’s new solar farm is comprised of ten solar trackers manufactured by AllEarth Renewables of Williston and uses the company’s Vermont-manufactured solar tracking technology.
“We chose to use solar electricity because, of all the power sources, it is by far the cleanest and most neutral,” said Don Mayer, Small Dog CEO. “This solar farm will greatly help us reduce our carbon footprint, which is an integral part of our mission at Small Dog.”
Additional sustainability upgrades at Small Dog include a Vermont-engineered and manufactured Freeaire cooling system in its server rooms and LED lighting installed in all locations.
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