Apparel Companies Making Solar Power Stylish

Los Angeles based Pacific Blue Dye House a garment dye and wash house for several clothes manufacturers such as Ella Moss, Splendid, Affliction, etc. has installed 616 solar panels on their factory roof.

The panels will provide between 80 and 85% of the 30K square foot facilities electricity needs. Los Angeles Department of Water has approved a rate hike of 5% beginning July 1st which is motivating co-owner Dotan Shoham to look into increasing his investment in solar power. Even though his roof has 616 panels that covers only 30% of his roof, those panels provide 80% to 85% of the warehouse’s energy. The cost was $250K and took 4 months to install.

Pacific Blue also has a 4,000 gallon water tank they would like to have heated by way of thermal solar and are figuring that one out also.

Other garment companies such as Sole Technology are also going with solar panels as a way to deal with the water rate hikes.

Ten years or even 5 years ago garment manufacturers wouldn’t have even considered linking their brands to the subject of solar power. In 2010, Shoham’s Gypsy ’05 knitwear label will carry a tag that informs consumers that the garment their looking at was made in a solar-powered facility.

Fashionistas now go with solar power!

Details here at Apparel News.

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