DOWNINGTOWN, PA – After more than a year of producing solar energy in East Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pa. instead of pulling electricity for her floral shop from the grid, Ami Trost of Blue Moon Florist is easily proud of her decision to push forward in green-speak.
Trost is the president of Blue Moon Florist, while her husband Kevin Morgan serves as its sales director. Their 20-mile delivery radius from the shop includes floral shipments to Honey Brook, Coatesville, Elverson, West Chester, Malvern, Exton and other nearby towns.
With almost two decades in running the business, an average of 100 wedding clients in the tri-state area each year, and tens of thousands of flower arrangements prepared by Blue Moon Florist since opening, it’s easy to understand that Trost’s electricity costs would be pretty hefty.
Before solar, the shop’s electric bills often lingered around $700 to $800 monthly. Compared to that now, her 49.2 KW ground-mount behind the shop is helping her to now have bills that are always under $85 each month.
Trost is the president of Blue Moon Florist, while her husband Kevin Morgan serves as its sales director. Their 20-mile delivery radius from the shop includes floral shipments to Honey Brook, Coatesville, Elverson, West Chester, Malvern, Exton and other nearby towns.
With almost two decades in running the business, an average of 100 wedding clients in the tri-state area each year, and tens of thousands of flower arrangements prepared by Blue Moon Florist since opening, it’s easy to understand that Trost’s electricity costs would be pretty hefty.
Before solar, the shop’s electric bills often lingered around $700 to $800 monthly. Compared to that now, her 49.2 KW ground-mount behind the shop is helping her to now have bills that are always under $85 each month.
Installed by GreenPointe.Energy of Berwyn, Chester County, Pa., the system consists of 240 solar modules, each with a 205 watt rating. In the past, operations at the shop led to about 59,000 KWH used annually. But now Trost sees those old usage numbers translating into what she’s producing, thankfully.
“I’ve always been interested in solar since I was a little girl back in the 1970s when solar was first introduced to everyday residential applications,” Trost said. “It was really an alternative energy that came about back then but never really took root the way that it has today.”
She even tried to encourage her parents to bring solar energy home around the age of 9, seeing it as a no-brainer in terms of electricity cost savings and being more decent to the environment. But it wasn’t until she chose to bring solar into her own business setting with Blue Moon Florist that her childhood dream finally stepped into the picture.
“If we do sell the property sometime in the future, if this system lasts 40 to 45 years, it’s going to make us money,” Trost reflected. “Then the system becomes valuable to the real estate value. So how can you go wrong with that? You’re being green, and you have zero carbon emissions, which is very important to us and our son and our future and his children and thereafter.”
“It kind of goes hand-in-hand, being a florist and going green,” Trost said. “We’ve had at least one person a day since its inception ask us about the solar energy system. They’re just very curious about it and think it’s a cool thing.”
“I’ve always been interested in solar since I was a little girl back in the 1970s when solar was first introduced to everyday residential applications,” Trost said. “It was really an alternative energy that came about back then but never really took root the way that it has today.”
She even tried to encourage her parents to bring solar energy home around the age of 9, seeing it as a no-brainer in terms of electricity cost savings and being more decent to the environment. But it wasn’t until she chose to bring solar into her own business setting with Blue Moon Florist that her childhood dream finally stepped into the picture.
“If we do sell the property sometime in the future, if this system lasts 40 to 45 years, it’s going to make us money,” Trost reflected. “Then the system becomes valuable to the real estate value. So how can you go wrong with that? You’re being green, and you have zero carbon emissions, which is very important to us and our son and our future and his children and thereafter.”
“It kind of goes hand-in-hand, being a florist and going green,” Trost said. “We’ve had at least one person a day since its inception ask us about the solar energy system. They’re just very curious about it and think it’s a cool thing.”
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