Campus Solar Panel Solutions

What is on-campus solar energy?

On-campus solar energy systems help America’s colleges and universities to shift to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. Campuses across the U.S. are installing solar energy to save money, provide learning opportunities for students, and achieve their climate goals.

Does Arizona State University have solar panels?

The school’s solar energy project employed local people and vendors, and will save taxpayers and the college more than $100 million over 30 years. Solar panels generate energy and provide shade above an Arizona State University parking lot. (Kevin Dooley via Flickr, CC BY 2.0)

How do colleges use solar energy?

Proximity to Energy Demand: Colleges can install solar energy on rooftops, in parking lots and on marginal land, close to where energy is used. Storage: Campuses have extra motivation to adopt storage to meet resilience and emergency preparedness goals and this storage can work in conjunction with adopting solar energy.

Should colleges buy solar panels?

This group purchasing structure will allow the colleges to negotiate better prices for their panels, which will save them money from the get-go. Colleges can expect the savings to continue, too—each of the planned solar installations will help reduce campus operating costs while carrying other economic and environmental benefits.

Does Butte College have solar panels?

Butte College has since added several new buildings, but the solar panels still supply three-quarters of the growing campus’ energy needs and avert carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to those produced by more than 1,000 passenger vehicles. Butte College made the most of a built environment that is perfect for clean energy projects.

How can campuses use solar energy to meet emergency preparedness goals?

Storage: Campuses have extra motivation to adopt storage to meet resilience and emergency preparedness goals and this storage can work in conjunction with adopting solar energy. For example, the University of California, Riverside, uses excess solar energy to charge electric vehicles, which serve as a source of energy storage.