CT Schools with Solar Systems
After reading about a new solar system to be installed at the Plainville High School, I decided to do some Internet research on other systems that have been installed (or to be installed at High Schools in Connecticut using the new "integrated" solar systems from a company by the same name. These systems are also called "Building Integrated Photovoltaic" (BIPV) systems.
Here's what I found: there are currently two systems installed, one at New Britain HS (275kW in 2007) and one at Plainville HS (172 kW in 2008). There are also two contracts for installation: one at Naugatuck HS (385 kW) and one at Glenville School in Greenwich, CT (147 kW) possibly to be installed in 2009.
Each of the articles talk about the three major benefits of solar PV systems:
1. Defray and after pay-back, significantly reduced electric utility costs.
2. To teach the value of renewable energy to students, student's parents and the community and
3. To teach the environmental benefits (reduced greenhouse gases, etc.) of solar systems.
We'll keep our ears open for progress and other school installations in this forum.
Comments and contributions to this forum are encouraged
Here's what I found: there are currently two systems installed, one at New Britain HS (275kW in 2007) and one at Plainville HS (172 kW in 2008). There are also two contracts for installation: one at Naugatuck HS (385 kW) and one at Glenville School in Greenwich, CT (147 kW) possibly to be installed in 2009.
Each of the articles talk about the three major benefits of solar PV systems:
1. Defray and after pay-back, significantly reduced electric utility costs.
2. To teach the value of renewable energy to students, student's parents and the community and
3. To teach the environmental benefits (reduced greenhouse gases, etc.) of solar systems.
We'll keep our ears open for progress and other school installations in this forum.
Comments and contributions to this forum are encouraged
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Permalink Reply by Edward McCaffrey on -
Another CT school with a solar system (largest in the state in 2006) is the Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School in New Haven: http://www.nhps.net/barnard/index.html Their system has nearly 200 solar panels on the roof - no details were given on their web site but an article in the Hartford Courant on 8/10/08 said that the solar panels provide 16 % of the school's energy use.
The article further stated that "students track the amount of energy gathered by the solar panels and monitor weather conditions from the roof."
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