Sunny Days Ahead
FROM LEFT: SUN’s
Aaron Sutch, Kiskiack
owner Carl Zangardi,
William & Mary’s
Henry R. Broaddus,
and Convert Solar’s
Chad Wilkins.
B
right, sunny days are always
welcome by golfers wherever
they play.
Those sunny days are especially wel-
come at Kiskiack Golf Club where solar
panels installed on the maintenance
building roof are soaking up rays and
producing sustainable electricity for the
club’s physical plant.
Kiskiack, located a quarter mile north
of Interstate 64 at exit 231 near Williams-
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burg, has gone green thanks to a pioneer-
ing effort by owner Carl Zangardi.
The golf course is the first in Virginia to
tap into solar energy production. The 88
rooftop solar panels were introduced in
a ceremony in mid-May. Kiskiack went
online June 1, and 53 days into produc-
tion, they had generated about 3,600
watts of power.
Over time in the current setup, the
panels are expected to offset between 20
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and 25 percent of the club’s power usage,
including charging the fleet of electric
carts, and save around $5,000 annually
on the electric bill.
A WISE INVESTMENT
Zangardi, an investment professional for
more than 25 years, earned a master’s
degree from William & Mary and is an
executive partner at the W&M’s Raymond
A. Mason School of Business. He and his
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KISKIACK GOLF CLUB IS PROVING A VOCAL PROPONENT OF USING
RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER GOLF COURSES // by ARTHUR UTLEY