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WILLIAM C. HUFF COMPANIES
IS GOING, GOING, GONE...SOLAR!

by Jim Henderson concerned with their ROI (return on
President of William C. Huff Companies and
national speaker for estate downsizing and lifestyle transitions investment) than with their impact on the

W ith the recent installation of our 137 kilowatt, direct- environment. We calculate about a seven
current solar photovoltaic system, William C. Huff
Companies is proud to announce that we have officially year payback on this investment and feel it
gone SOLAR!
As of November, our 34,000-square-foot Naples warehouse is worth every penny spent.
will now be cooled and powered by the sun. There will also be
enough solar electricity to power a 10,000 square foot addition Over the 25-year system lifetime, our
to our facility planned for the future. The solar panels and system
will produce 214,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year equaling company can expect to pay the equivalent
approximately 18,000 kilowatt hours each month. To date, this is
the largest single-facility solar project in Collier County. of 4.8 cents per kilowatt hour for the

After working closely with solar energy expert, Neville Williams, installation which, after the 30 percent
who is also an author and the former CEO of Standard Solar, I
came to the conclusion that there were more reasons to go solar Federal tax credit, will cost approximately
than there were reasons not to. Since we are a full-service company
specializing in complete personalized logistics support for high and $245,000. This is less than current
ultra-high net worth homeowners, builders, designers, architects
and estate managers, we felt it the right thing to do -- we care about commercial electric rates and far less than residential rates which
the environment and so do our clients.
are currently around ten cents per kilowatt hour. The William C.
Currently, most businesses and municipalities are more
Huff solar system will bring the company’s energy cost to net zero

and the bill for power drawn from the electric grid at night will be

offset by the solar system’s daytime electricity production.

This clean solar system will reduce William C. Huff ’s carbon

footprint by approximately 3,500 tons over its lifetime. That’s a lot

of CO2! It is my hope that other businesses within the community

follow suit…it’s time to go green! ADVERTORIAL

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Life in Naples | November 2015