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A Novel Approach For Evaluating The Impact Of Fixed Variables On Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Installations Using Enhanced Meta Data Analysis Among Higher Education Institutions In The United States

• University of Texas at El Paso (TX)

The global demand for electric energy has continuously increased over the last few decades. Some mature, alternative generation methods are wind, power, photovoltaic panels, biogas and fuel cells. In order ...

• Posted Oct. 23, 2020
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Ontario Tech University - Solar Panels

• University of Ontario Institute of Technology (ON)

Ontario Tech University’s long-established reputation as a post-secondary leader in conservation and green community-building has achieved a Gold rating from AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS ...

• Posted Oct. 19, 2020
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Central New Mexico Community College, Main Campus Detention Basin

• Central New Mexico Community College (NM)

Photos # 1 & 2 Description: This detention basin slows and filters stormwater that drains from a large parking lot located at CNM Main Campus, near University Avenue. It also supplies ...

• Posted Oct. 19, 2020
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Central New Mexico Community College Westside Campus Solar Array & Energy Storage System

• Central New Mexico Community College (NM)

Contractors commission the tracking equipment at the Westside Campus Solar Array & Energy Storage System. Students in the CNM Electrical Trades Photovoltaic Concentration Program stand by to learn. It was ...

• Posted Oct. 19, 2020
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Colorado State University SCI 2020 Pictures

• Colorado State University (CO)

Several photos are attached that highlight sustainability initiatives at Colorado State University for the 2020 CSI including food recovery, student engagement, solar arrays, and a living wall.

• Posted Oct. 14, 2020
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Humber College - 700 KW solar array

• Humber College (ON)

Select photos of highlighting Humber College's Sustainability program, in relation to our STARS 2019 report, and for inclusion in 2020 SCI publication.

Opened in 2019, a new Commuter Hub ...

• Posted Oct. 14, 2020
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American University Solar Installation

• American University (DC)

Photo Submission for the 2020 Sustainable Campus Index.

In this image, contractors install solar panels on the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC. American University uses ...

• Posted Oct. 14, 2020
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Arizona State University Solar

• Arizona State University (AZ)

The solar program at Arizona State University has over 50 MWdc equivalent of combined solar generating capacity from both on-site and off-site installations. More than half of total capacity is ...

• Posted Oct. 14, 2020
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The American College of Greece - A sustainable campus!

• The American College of Greece (Aghia Paraskevi)

A selection of photos from The American College of Greece main campus, depicting the campus sustainable grounds, interaction of students with green technology as well as wellness areas!

• Posted Oct. 8, 2020
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Cal Poly SLO Gold Tree Solar Farm

• California Polytechnic State University (CA)

Large-scale solar farm and laboratory - The recently completed 4.5 megawatt Gold Tree Solar Farm at California Polytechnic State University is currently the largest solar array in the CSU system ...

• Posted Sept. 29, 2020
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8.2 kW Ground mount array: ARDEC South - Ag Research Project

• Colorado State University (CO)

8.2 kW Ground mount array: Agricultural Research, Development and Education Center (ARDEC) / ADREC South, previously known as Portner Farm. This is an Ag Research Project - agrivoltaics. PV Panel Type ...

• Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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4.2 kW Canopy Array: Bike Shelter - Facilities Services North

• Colorado State University (CO)

4.2 kW Canopy Array: Bike Shelter - Facilities Services North. PV Panel Type: (12) Solaria 350 watt. Inverter Type: (12) Enphase .3 kW.

• Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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14.8 kW Rooftop Array: Western Colorado Research Center - Orchard Mesa - Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

• Colorado State University (CO)

14.8 kW Rooftop Array: Western Colorado Research Center - Orchard Mesa - Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. PV Panel Type: (34) SunPower 435 watt. Inverter Type: (1) Solar Edge 20 kW.

• Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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14.8 kW Rooftop Array: Western Colorado Research Center - Orchard Mesa - Classroom Office Building

• Colorado State University (CO)

14.8 kW solar PV array at the Western Colorado Research Center - Orchard Mesa - Classroom Office Building. PV Panel Type: (34) SunPower 435 watt. Inverter Type: (1) Solar Edge 20 ...

• Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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12 kW Rooftop array: Arkansas Valley Research Center - Rocky Ford, CO

• Colorado State University (CO)

Roof mount solar PV array. Arkansas Valley Research Center - Rocky Ford, CO. 12 kW array. PV Panel Type: (41) Mission Solar 305 watt. Inverter Type: (1) Solar Edge 14.4 ...

• Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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1.7 kW Pole mount: Student Recreation Center

• Colorado State University (CO)

Solar Curve, pole mount solar PV array outside the Student Recreation Center. PV Panel Type: (6) Lumos 285 watt panels. Inverter Type: (1) Fronius 1.5 kW.

• Posted Sept. 22, 2020
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How to Solve Climate By 2030

• Bard College (NY)

Eban Goodstein, Director of the Center for Environmental Policy at Bard College, discusses how to solve climate change by 2030.

• Posted June 12, 2020
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Solve Climate by 2030: Solar Dominance + Civic Action

• Bard College (NY)

A nationwide series of campus and community Power Dialogs will educate students about Power as clean energy, but also about Power as engaged citizen action. Dialogs will spotlight how transforming ...

• Posted May 28, 2020
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Office of Sustainability Living Lab Case Study

• Gonzaga University (WA)

The Gonzaga University Office of Sustainability is the living lab for testing renewable energy technologies on Gonzaga’s campus. The purpose of this student initiative is to push for renewable ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Multi-Campus Collaboration Kickstarts Solar Project to Cut 100% of GHG Emissions from Electricity

• Dickinson College (PA)
• Lafayette College (PA)
• Lehigh University (PA)
• Muhlenberg College (PA)
• CustomerFirst Renewables (MD)

Four independent colleges and universities in Pennsylvania collaborated to explore renewable energy solutions, develop a strategy, and implement a combination of onsite and large-scale offsite projects that will result in ...

• Posted May 18, 2020
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Solar Microgrid Investment in the US: Financial Modelling Challenges for a University Based Project

• California State University, San Marcos (CA)

Unlike economies that are still experiencing growth, established markets like the United States have a difficult time generating returns with large upside potential for investors. If an exceptional return is ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Gold Tree Solar Farm - Innovatively Advancing the Academic Mission

• California Polytechnic State University (CA)

Cal Poly's 4.5 MW Gold Tree Solar Farm demonstrates how collaboration between Facilities and academics can transform campus buildings and infrastructure into more impactful academic assets. In addition ...

• Posted May 15, 2020
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Insertion of Photovoltaic Solar Systems in Technological Education Institutions in Brazil: Teacher Perceptions Concerning Contributions towards Sustainable Development

• Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
• Electric Energy Research Center (CEPEL)
• Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) (RN)

Teaching spaces are seen as institutions presenting relevant power to promote sustainability. Thus, in addition to knowledge (re)producers, they must also assume ethical obligations to incorporate daily sustainability-oriented actions ...

• Posted May 11, 2020
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A Solar-Powered Automatic Composter: Students Combine Engineering, Science and Community Engagement

• University of Houston - Downtown (TX)

The University of Houston-Downtown's Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (CUAS) has a number of student initiatives focused at creating future sustainability leaders. One area of focus is to ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Tax Incentive use for Expanding Resilient Solar Power Infrastructure in Economically Depressed Areas

• Dallas College (TX)

Mr. Baker will lead a discussion of how solar power avoids wholesale energy costs, it also saves on non-energy costs related to distribution networks, generation capacity, and, in particular, transmission ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Broadening the Impact of Renewable Energy Purchases: A Case Study

• Low Impact Hydropower Institute (MA)

Current trends in the renewable energy market, particularly in the growing PPA procurement segment, have focused on energy usage and supporting new development. This limited focus has been directed primarily ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Solar Energy Systems: Site Assessment of Eureka College

• Eureka College (IL)

Students in the Environmental Science and Environmental Studies majors at Eureka College are required to complete both an internship for college credit and a capstone course to earn their degree ...

• Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Webinar: Student Power to Fund Renewable Energy: A New Take on the Solar PPA

• Southern Oregon University (OR)
• AASHE (PA)

As campuses look to expand on site renewable energy generation, one of the greatest barriers to implementation is often initial project funding. Over the last year and a half, students ...

• Posted Aug. 29, 2019
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A Solar PPA Designed for Positive Externalities

• Pennsylvania State University (PA)
• AASHE (PA)
• The Nature Conservancy (VA)

Drs. Meghan Hoskins and Peter Buckland from Penn State’s Sustainability Institute in collaboration with Elizabeth Johnson, The Nature Conservancy, PA and Emilie Wangerman, Lightsource BP will describe the rationale ...

• Posted July 18, 2019
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The Impact of Solar-assistance on Electric Golf Carts

• Georgia College & State University (GA)

In the Condensed Matter Research Lab at Georgia College, we conducted a real-world experiment to quantify the impact of vehicle-mounted solar panels. Our campus golf cart fleet consists of both ...

• Posted May 20, 2019
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Our Solar Potential

• University of Saskatchewan (SK)

Farm the Sun with Us is a term project led by students working on an assessment to determine the feasibility of implementing a campus solar farm. The project continues to ...

• Posted May 17, 2019
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Solar PV as a mitigation strategy for the US education sector

• Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (CA)

Solar photovoltaic (PV) is an important strategy to de-carbonize the energy sector in the United States and to reduce the health, environmental, and climate change damages associated with the production ...

• Posted May 15, 2019
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Sustainability Demonstration House Project

• Michigan Technological University (MI)

The goal of the Sustainability Demonstration House (SDH) project is to retrofit the former president’s residence, built in 1953, titled the Kettle-Gundlach Building, into a sustainability demonstration house. The ...

• Posted May 7, 2019
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Development and evaluation of a method to estimate the potential of decarbonisation technologies deployment at higher education campuses

• University of Limerick

This paper describes a method for the quantitative estimation of the potential of decarbonisation technologies deployed on Higher Education Campuses (HEC). This was developed to fill the need for a ...

• Posted May 6, 2019
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Ireland’s Transition towards a Low Carbon Society: The Leadership Role of Higher Education Institutions in Solar Photovoltaic Niche Development

• University of Limerick

Ireland is currently considered a laggard within Europe in relation to decarbonisation of its society, with future projections estimating increases in greenhouse gas emissions up to and beyond 2030. To ...

• Posted April 29, 2019
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Sustainability Quest

• University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)

Students Hula hooped 64 rotations for the 64 geothermal wells on University of Illinois at Chicago's campus! This was one of four stops on the Sustainability Quest to spread ...

• Posted April 29, 2019
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Parametric analysis for cost-optimal renewable energy integration into residential buildings: Techno-economic model

• Illinois State University (IL)
• Hanyang University

Determining the optimum penetration of renewable energy systems and their associated aggregated technical and economic benefits is a growing concern for both researchers and policy makers. The purpose of this ...

• Posted March 31, 2019
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Hodgdon Hall Solar Panel Project

• Tufts University (MA)

This project, spearheaded by the Tufts Energy Group, provides a real life educational experience to the campus community to learn about and use renewable energy in an accessible fashion. The ...

• Posted March 1, 2019
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Solar Power Professional Certificate

• Loyola Marymount University (CA)

In this online program, students will learn the fundamentals of photovoltaic "PV" solar powered energy systems, gaining the knowledge you'll need for an entry level position with a dealer ...

• Posted Jan. 25, 2019
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Reduce Peak Demand and Increase Grid Stability with On-Site Energy Storage

• Austin Community College (TX)

SHINES, or Sustainable and Holistic Integration of Energy Storage and Solar, is a three-year project focused on making solar energy cost-competitive with traditional energy sources. The goals of this project ...

• Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Transitioning to Renewables

• Dallas County Community College District System Office (TX)

Each year, a transition to all-renewable sources of energy seems more feasible for colleges and universities. The Texas Higher Education Renewable Energy Consortium is a coalition of colleges committed to ...

• Posted Dec. 21, 2018
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Automated Gardening System with Solar Integration

• Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

Industrialized agriculture has benefitted our society by feed billions but is also adding a burden to the environment. Inefficient watering techniques and indiscriminate use of chemicals in much of today ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Solar and Sheep Grazing - Is it for Ewe?

• Furman University (SC)

Does your institution have solar panels or are you thinking about installing them? Does your institution have sheep or know someone who does? If you answered 'yes' to either of ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Agrivoltaic Arrays: Cultivating the Future of Renewable Energy

• University of Arizona (AZ)

Agrivoltaics' combines the terms, 'agriculture' and 'photovoltaics' to create a symbiotic relationship between food and renewable energy. The vast majority of solar energy generated comes from solar farms. However, as ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Thompson Rivers University - The Solar Compass: A Case Study on Ground Mounted Solar Modules

• Thompson Rivers University (BC)

In the summer of 2017, a collective of faculty, students, industry professionals and an innovative photo voltaic manufacturer installed North America's first ground mounted solar array. The installation is ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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From Student Power to Renewable Energy: A New Approach to Investing in Solar

• Southern Oregon University (OR)

Over the last year and a half, students at Southern Oregon University have worked to develop an innovative new approach to funding solar. Inspired by the power purchase agreement model ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Transforming Our Tomorrow - A New Clean Energy Vision

• University at Buffalo (NY)
• Edison Energy (CA)

Whenever, I run into a problem I can't solve, I always make it bigger. I can never solve it by trying to make it smaller, but if I make ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Off Site Solar - A Group Effort

• Amherst College (MA)
• Bowdoin College (ME)
• Smith College (MA)
• Williams College (MA)

Amherst, Bowdoin, Hampshire, Smith and Williams colleges-signed an agreement in February 2018 to purchase off-site renewable electricity. This agreement will facilitate the construction of a 'utility scale' solar power facility ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Rising to Meet the Challenge of 100% Renewable Energy

• Boston University (MA)
• University of Richmond (VA)
• Edison Energy (CA)

Campuses are increasingly looking to renewable energy as the most financially attractive strategy for making dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and achieving their GHG goals. The costs of ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Estimating the financial feasibility and technical potential for solar PV on all U.S. schools

• Carnegie Mellon University (PA)

In 2016, approximately 64% of total electricity generated in the United States came from fossil fuel sources, while approximately 2% came from solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation. Due to this ...

• Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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