Cathedral City movie theater becomes 100% energy sustainable
Mary Pickford movie theater in Cathedral City recently completed a new energy sustainable installation. Adding hundreds of solar panels to the roof and parking lot, and a cutting-edge energy storage plant, it has become the first 100% sustainable movie theater in the country.
A rep for Mary Pickford theater said, “We believe a project of this caliber helps pave the way for California as a whole to becoming increasingly sustainable and sets an example for other businesses.”
” Obviously we’re in a desert — we have basically two football fields upstairs cause we’re such a large building,” said Ted Hane, general manager of the theater.
The new system provides shade to the parking lot, while also helping to cut the theater’s costs. Hane estimated their energy bill for August was about $35,000 and this new system helps save him about 85 percent.
Reps said the installation makes the Mary Pickford theater 100 percent sustainable — the first movie theater in the country to do so.
” The valley’s got so much natural sunshine, and it’s awesome that those who want to step forward in sustainability are doing so right now,” said moviegoer Kellyna Campbell. “We’re in great need ånd there’s no reason we shouldn’t be using solar every possibility we can.”
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