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Hot new idea: Rock Cameron, manager of engineering at Christie Brown and Co. Ltd., stands on the solar-panelled roof of the company's Lakeshore Blvd. plant, where the solar heating system is expected to save $4,000 a year on heating costs.
Hot new idea: Rock Cameron, manager of engineering at Christie Brown and Co. Ltd., stands on the solar-panelled roof of the company's Lakeshore Blvd. plant, where the solar heating system is expected to save $4,000 a year on heating costs.

Hot new idea: Rock Cameron, manager of engineering at Christie Brown and Co. Ltd., stands on the solar-panelled roof of the company's Lakeshore Blvd. plant, where the solar heating system is expected to save $4,000 a year on heating costs.

Date8/1/1982
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