Joe Richardson, Commercial Property Owner, Bar-T Mountainside
"I see such
benefit for other businesses to invest in green technology, green infrastructure, and PACE really makes it possible." Full interview
Bar-T's facilities provide outdoor education for schools, team building for company retreats, and a wedding venue. Joe worked with several local business owners, including John Spears of Sustainable Design Group and Brent Hollenbeck of TimberRock Advanced Energy, to design and construct
a new high-efficiency building on the Bar-T Mountainside campus that utilizes state-of-the-art technology.
The projects, included in the Energy Master Plan, have an estimated environmental benefit of saving the equivalent of 7,956 gallons of gas or planting 13.77 acres of trees per year, and will be financed via PACE with a cost-effective interest rate. This project will be one of the first in the country to combine efficiency, generation, grid resiliency, and energy management technologies at a single location without out-of-pocket expenses and with savings from day one.