Local Businesses

TFS has helped hundreds of local Tucson businesses save money and reduce their environmental impact with solar.

Across a diverse range of industries, each of our local business clients have found solar to be a sensible financial decision and a way to give back to a community they care greatly about.

Financial Institutions

Tucson Old Pueblo Credit Union (TOPCU)
"We like to put our money where our mouth is [at Tucson Old Pueblo Credit Union] by being an all solar credit union at all branches, in addition to financing solar projects for consumers and businesses."

Tucson Federal Credit Union (TFCU)
"Tucson Federal Credit Union just got another shade greener by installing solar panels. TFCU chose Technicians for Sustainability for the installation because they offered the most knowledgeable service at the best value. Their help has been invaluable in creating a more sustainable business."

Restaurants

El Guero Canelo
With solar powering both their N. Oracle and 22nd St. locations, El Guero Canelo's installations will help save money on energy while reducing the restaurant's environmental footprint.

Brooklyn Pizza Co & Skybar
Brooklyn Pizza and Skybar, together, make up both the first 100% solar-powered pizza restaurant and astronomy bar in the US. They have been generating clean energy for over 10 years!

Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen’s 93 kW solar energy system will generate enough clean energy to cover more than 90% of their operating needs while providing convenient shaded parking for employees and customers.

Stores & Retail

Antigone Books
Antigone Books, located on Tucson’s historic 4th Avenue, has become the first bookstore in the country to get 100% of their electricity from solar power.

Bookmans Sports Exchange
Our friends at Bookmans Entertainment Exchange and Bookmans Sports are always looking for ways to reduce their environmental footprint: Their solar system, installed at Bookmans Sports Exchange by TFS, helps offset 200,000 lbs of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere every year.

The Prime Leaf
The Prime Leaf is generating 100%+ of their electrical needs from the sun as Arizona's first solar-powered dispensary.

Entertainment & Activity

Loft Cinema
After previously working with TFS to create a solar powered mobile cinema van, the Loft is now harnessing the sun with a new 95kW system that will provide shaded parking for guests of the theater while generating 150,000kWh’s of clean energy annually.

Old Pueblo Gym
Old Pueblo Gymnasium, which is dedicated to getting children excited about physical activity, has a new 34.8 kW solar energy system - enough electricity to cover 90% of the gymnasium’s usage, offer the gym substantial financial savings and help them protect the environment. In 2017, TFS installed an additional 13.08 kW of solar to expand Old Pueblo's capacity.

KXCI
The first solar powered radio station in Southern Arizona, KXCI reduces their electric bill by approximately $100 per month while delivering their programming to the people of Tucson.

Historic Y
The Historic Y began producing energy from the sun in February 2017, viewing their switch to solar as an investment in the future, not only for The Historic Y, but for the planet.

Four Points Hotel
Four Points have gone solar, reducing their energy expenses and environmental footprint with a new 371kW system. Consisting of both shade structures and ground mounted modules, Four Points' solar system will annually offset 1,470,021 lbs of CO2.