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Mead Paper Factory Loft Apartments
The old Mead Paper factory, where “Big Chief” writing tablets were manufactured for decades, sat vacant in downtown St. Joseph, Missouri for years. Foutch Brothers Development converted the 500,000 square foot building into an
eco-centric, high-tech, residential and retail space.

The roof of the building includes several arrays of solar panels installed by The Energy Savings Store. Twenty solar panels
are used to heat the potable water in the building, with a combined power output of 60kW. A second array of 16 panels
is used to heat the pool, for a total of 100 kW of solar thermal power generation. “On a project this big, we can put in a large bank of solar panels and it can pay for itself in three years,”
says Steve Foutch, partner in the development firm. This tremendous ROI is due in large part to the additional historical
tax credits.