Over the years, the Solar
EPC group has worked with
a number of well-known Ca-
nadian companies like North-
land Power of Toronto. Five of
the projects with Northland
Power included installations
built on top of some of the
country’s largest commercial
retail rooftops.
But for Wayte, some of the
most exciting projects were
those that involved designing
from the ground up.
Carmanah’s work on three el-
ementary schools for the Ni-
agara Catholic District School
Board and the Greater Essex
County District School Board,
involved working with the
base building design team
and integrating the design
of the solar systems into the
buildings; a more unique and
welcome challenge for the So-
lar EPC team. One of the most
well-known installations is
the ‘solar awning’ integrat-
ed into the Dr. David Suzuki
Public School in Windsor, On-
tario.
“If you look at the images for
the Greater Essex County Dis-
trict School Board’s Suzuki
Elementary School you can
see that the solar system is
wrapped around the school,”
says Wayte. “It is a unique de-
sign and was great experience
for the team.”
Solar EPC Services plans to
expand their services into
other areas, and find repre-
sentation in countries outside
of North America. Carmanah
has already gained interna-
tional representation across
the globe.
“We are principally looking at
emerging markets as well as
markets where Carmanah can
leverage its existing success in
other fields,” says Wayte.
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