October 7, 2009

San Jose, CA, USA: Cupertino Electric Completes PV System for Software Company, SAP

Cupertino Electric, Inc. (CEI) has completed construction of the first solar array in the Americas for business software leader SAP. The solar array, installed in Palo Alto, Calif., represents a component of SAP's effort to further increase its sustainability.

The roof top solar array covering two buildings at SAP's Palo Alto campus will produce an average of approximately 192,400 kWh per year. The energy generated by SAP's solar array during its lifetime is the equivalent of removing 506 cars off the road.

SAP is the leader in business software and was the highest-ranked software company in the 2009 Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes. The company recently announced an increased strategic focus on sustainability and a goal to drastically reduce its carbon footprint by the year 2020. The solar installation completed by Cupertino Electric, Inc.'s Energy Alternatives Group was designed to assist SAP in achieving its stated goals.

"Cupertino Electric has proven to be a valuable and trusted business partner to SAP," said Tracy Prentiss, VP Business Development for SAP Palo Alto. "Their photovoltaic division was instrumental in design development, permitting and construction of the first solar power array in the Americas for SAP. The project was delivered on time, on budget and with an extremely high degree of professionalism. Their commercial electrical division has been called upon numerous times to support our needs and, in response, has provided the highest quality service levels with competitive price points.”

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