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5.15.2008 - 08:00am ET
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TCT Solar Unites with Green Business Leaders in "The Faces of Climate Change"
CEO Steve Gorman urges a role for Solar Energy in a Future Low-Carbon Market
(CSRwire) TAMPA, FL - May 15, 2008 - TCT Solar, one of the oldest U.S. manufacturers
of solar thermal systems, announced the company is one of a few select
Florida Green business leaders chosen by the Environmental Defense Fund
and Florida Wildlife Federation to participate in "The Faces of Climate
Change", a PR awareness campaign focused on alerting businesses,
legislators and private citizens about the urgency of reducing Greenhouse
Gas emissions to create a robust Clean Energy economy and job growth.
"For the past 20 years, Steve Gorman has been fighting climate change,
making us more energy secure and creating jobs and profits all at the same
time," said Gerry Karnas, Florida Climate Project Director for the
Environmental Defense Fund. "When Congress puts a cap on greenhouse gas
emissions, companies like Steve's will put Florida in a prime position to
create the next generation of jobs and profits."
"We're proud to have been selected as one of the 'Faces of Climate
Change'," said President and CEO of TCT Solar, Steve Gorman. "Because
solar energy’s key environmental benefit is reducing Greenhouse Gas
emissions, Florida’s solar industry is working diligently to ensure it
will be held as a prescriptive measure in Florida’s developing
cap-and-trade program."
From commercial installations like Sandals Resorts and the U.S. Embassy
building in Abuja, Nigeria, to private residences, over 40,000
ProgressivTube(TM) solar collectors have been installed worldwide,
resulting in an avoidance of 51,400 tons of CO2 emissions. The World
Resources Institute has described solar water heating as "perhaps the
simplest and most efficient form of green power available today".
About TCT Solar
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and incorporated in 1979, Thermal
Conversion Technology (TCT Solar) is one of the oldest U.S. manufacturers
and integrators of solar energy systems, products which encourage the
advance to a low-carbon economy. Its flagship product, the
ProgressivTube™ solar water heating system, has earned a reputation for
its simplicity, high performance and durability, with over 40,000 solar
collectors installed via the company’s 200 worldwide distributor
network. For more information, please visit:www.climate-friendlywaterheating.com.
For more information please contact:
Lisa Thorell - Media Contact
321.281.8378
Lthorell@ta-agency.com
www.ta-agency.com
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