Testing the solar waters

Maryland Management spends more than $2 million heating water for the tenants of Crain Court Apartments each year. But now, company President Jim Clauson decided to do something about it.

In what Clauson and others said could be the largest project of its kind in the county, the firm is having two different solar hot-water-heating systems installed in two of its buildings in the complex off Crain Highway in Glen Burnie.

Once Clauson has had time to see which system works the best, he plans to install them in his other complexes around the area - potentially providing solar-heated water for up to 9,400 apartments.

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