A Salt Palace solar array that would outshine any other rooftop grid in the nation is brightening the Beehive State’s bottom line — even before the first panel is in place. Although the installation is months away, word of it helped Salt Lake County win a National Association of Home Builders convention.
Scott Beck, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau, announced Wednesday the association picked Utah for its 2011 green building conference after learning of plans to place more than 11,000 solar panels on the roof of the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center. That convention, he said, will draw an estimated 4,000 visitors and elevate Utah’s desirability for other green gatherings. The Salt Lake Tribune
