June 30, 2011
Launch of City’s First Solar-Cooled Light Rail Station - Be the First to See it in Action!
| WHAT: | NRG Thermal, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRGEnergy, designed and constructed an environmentally-friendly system that uses solar power and its downtown district cooling system (cooling 34 major buildings in downtown, including Chase Field and CityScape) to provide free, on-demand cooling to the seating areas of the popular 3rd St./Washington METRO light rail station. NRGcompleted this project in record time to help keep fans cool during the Major League Baseball All-Star festivites. |
| WHO: | Mayor Phil Gordon Arizona Diamondbacks legend Luis Gonzalez Councilman Tom Simplot Councilman Michael Johnson Councilman Claude Mattox Tom Guglielmi, CFO, NRG Energy Inc. METRO CEO Steve Banta |
| WHEN: | 8 – 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 6 |
| WHERE: | Third Street/Washington light rail station (Media parking on Second Street, north of Washington – in the Symphony Hall circle) |
Media Contacts:
| Hillary Foose, METRO light rail Michael Hammett, City of Phoenix |
602-322-4468 602-495-5405 |