Adopt-A-Watt is a new program similar to Adopt-A-Highway or other corporate sponsorships: businesses pay for a small solar panel in some public place, and get a sign proclaiming their generosity and acting as advertising.
Among the variety of applications for such a program is lighting for bus stops, and the organization hopes many more schools like the Taylor (Michigan) School District will come on board. Not only is the project free, but it also creates revenue: both the city and school district of Taylor, for example, will be receiving $38,000 a year net income from this implementation. Bus stops are often dark and lonely spots--I remember those cold winter mornings, I almost started a campfire a few times--and if you can brighten them with a solar powered, pollution-free light for free with corporate sponsorship, and make some cash in the process, what have you got to lose? Cool idea.
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