Renewable Energy

The College has invested in three solar projects on campus to serve as an educational resource for students and our broader community. The projects include a 3.2 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof of Seegers Student Union, a solar hot-water project heating the pool and domestic hot water in the Life Sports Center, and a residential solar hot water project on the rooftop of the Tree House student residence.

For the on-campus solar projects, students installed the solar PV system, including two pole-mounted nine-panel arrays, two inverters, new conduit and a data collection system.

The arrays are manually adjustable and solar radiance, wind, temperature and electricity production data will be available for ongoing research and analysis. Real-time energy-generation data is continually available.

The on-campus projects were completed with the assistance of the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association, EcoElectric and a grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund.