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Your email message will read: this text is not editable This message was sent from Georgia Magazine (http://uga.edu/gm/). Going solar - Around the Arch September 2012 Issue Alumni returning to campus this fall may notice a little more “green” on North Campus. As part of the renovation of the former visual arts building on Jackson Street, workers installed rooftop solar panels to generate renewable energy. The Solar Demonstration Project will serve as a living laboratory for the building’s new inhabitant, the College of Environment and Design. Once fully implemented, the project will be accessible in person and online via a virtual “building dashboard” serving as a teaching and learning tool. The panels are expected to provide nearly 30,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year—about enough energy to power 90 fluorescent T8 lights for 10 hours a day or 189 laptops for 8 hours a day for an entire year—and is anticipated to pay for itself over the next two decades through reduced electricity costs. The project was funded with a $5,000 grant received by the Go Green Alliance student organization as well as money from the Office of … Read full article at http://uga.edu/gm/ee/index.php?/single/2012/09/1605/.
