entire facility is heated and cooled using


sustainable energy. The


system saves the college more than 9,450 therms of natural gas annually.


Adroit Energy has completed the largest number of multifamily solar hot water installations in San Diego County.


Another common mistruth is the “one and done” perspective—that adding a single renewable energy component to a project will meet all obligations. The truth is that net zero goals— although years away—cannot gener- ally be met by single or even isolated technologies in operation on a prop- erty; rather, whole building and inte- grated systems are required.


LEARNING BY DOING


Adroit specializes in solar PV, solar hot water, solar cooling, solar process heating, and ground source geothermal systems. Also, the company configures systems for efficient energy distribution, ex- amples of which include hydronic radiant floor heating and cooling, and high-efficiency boilers and water heaters.


The California Solar Initiative, which tracks data for the state, has recog- nized Adroit as the company with the largest number of multifamily solar hot water heater installations in San Diego County.


The firm has racked up a number of successful projects, including: Facebook corporate headquarters;


Adroit Energy confi gures systems for effi cient energy distribution, and specializes in solar photovoltaic, solar hot water, solar cooling, solar process heating, and ground source geothermal systems. Here, team members install a solar hot water system in downtown San Diego.


Sacramento’s Robert E. Coyle Federal Courthouse; Intuit; Google headquar- ters, Kendall Jackson Winery; the U.S. Army, Navy and Marines; and numerous multifamily, university and hotel projects.


Backman points to two projects to illustrate Adroit’s capabilities.


Adroit was on the integrated project delivery team to design and build a $36 million dining hall and bookstore at San Diego Mesa College. Adroit designed and installed an architec- turally integrated, façade-mounted 2,655-square-foot evacuated tube solar thermal system, as well as designed and installed the radiant heating and cooling system. The


The company also engineered and installed the tallest (143 feet high, to be exact) vertical solar PV façade array in the U.S. for a 250-unit mul- tifamily affordable housing project called The Celadon in downtown San Diego. The 125 PV collectors were mounted as a vertically inte- grated façade on the south side of the building. Adroit also designed and installed the structure’s 105- panel solar hot water system on the roof, featuring a custom-made 2,499-gallon tank and pump station.


Whether installing goal-meeting technology, conducting energy audits or its newest mission—educating the professional AEC community in California—Adroit is heading in a new direction that others will surely welcome.


Author Bio: Steve Freeman is a con- tributing writer and communications management


professional based in


Pauls Valley, Okla. He is also Principal of Freeman Communications.


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