On Wednesday (November 26, 2008), members of Local 7 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers installed the solar collector provided via a grant the Town received from the Massachusetts Technical Collaborative. The funding was provided by the Commonwealth's Renewable Energy Trust Fund. Energy collected by the installation will provide illumination to the flagpole and Veterans' Monument in front of the Library indefinitely and at no further cost to the town - or the environment!
The system was fabricated in Framingham by SolarOne Solutions, one of many companies in the state's fast growing clean energy economy.