McCormick Celebrates its Sustainability Achievements
Representatives from McCormick and Company Inc., Constellation Energy and the state and local government, join together to recognize the completion of one of the largest solar power installations in Maryland.
"We at McCormick are excited by this project because it is one of our most visible sustainability projects to date, but I'm proud to say that our commitment to the environment goes back many, many years," says McCormick President and CEO Alan Wilson. "These solar panels provide renewable energy, reduce greenhouse gases within the community and provide McCormick with energy cost savings -- the classic win-win. We are an agriculturally-based business and are mindful of the environment and take measures to preserve and protect those resources."
A celebration was held in McCormick's Hunt Valley Distribution Center on Jan. 21, 2009 to recognize the completion of a project that brought solar power to the roofs of that building and the adjacent McCormick Spice Mill. The project was performed by Constellation Energy's Projects & Services Group and resulted in the installation of 2,100 Solar World 175 watt crystalline solar panels and 92,000 square feet of lightweight, flexible thin-film photovoltaic material.
The system is expected to generate approximately one megawatt of electricity supplying energy equivalent to the electricity used by about 110 homes in a year. It is estimated that McCormick's electricity costs for these buildings will be reduced by approximately 30 percent in the first year alone, and the electricity produced by the system will reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to removing about 150 vehicles from the road annually.
"We at McCormick are excited by this project because it is one of our most visible sustainability projects to date, but I'm proud to say that our commitment to the environment goes back many, many years," says McCormick President and CEO Alan Wilson. "These solar panels provide renewable energy, reduce greenhouse gases within the community and provide McCormick with energy cost savings -- the classic win-win. We are an agriculturally-based business and are mindful of the environment and take measures to preserve and protect those resources."
A celebration was held in McCormick's Hunt Valley Distribution Center on Jan. 21, 2009 to recognize the completion of a project that brought solar power to the roofs of that building and the adjacent McCormick Spice Mill. The project was performed by Constellation Energy's Projects & Services Group and resulted in the installation of 2,100 Solar World 175 watt crystalline solar panels and 92,000 square feet of lightweight, flexible thin-film photovoltaic material.
The system is expected to generate approximately one megawatt of electricity supplying energy equivalent to the electricity used by about 110 homes in a year. It is estimated that McCormick's electricity costs for these buildings will be reduced by approximately 30 percent in the first year alone, and the electricity produced by the system will reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to removing about 150 vehicles from the road annually.