Alan Hirsch

Alan Hirsch Executive Vice President of Administration Sea Gull Lighting Products, LLC

Alan Hirsch, Executive Vice President of Administration

On weekends, the solar panels can provide all of the power needed, said Alan Hirsch, Sea Gull's executive vice president.

The panels take up about 60,000 square feet on the warehouse's roof, he said.SunEdison LLC, a solar services company in Baltimore, installed and owns the system.But Sea Gull pays a lower rate for the power it uses than it would be charged by a local electric utility, Hirsch said.

Alan Hirsch ExecutiveVP of AdministrationSea Gull Lighting

Another green approach was taken by Alan Hirsh, executive vice president of Sea Gull Lighting LLC in Riverside, N.J. Last fall, he completed a 500-kilowatt system that provides 20% of the power needs for a 500,000-square-foot warehouse Monday through Friday.
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As long as the price of electricity doesn't go down, Hirsh said, the agreement with SunEdison makes sense."I don't know of anybody who thinks electricity is going to be cheaper," he said.