SolarCity and Woodside Priory Unveil Bay Area’s Largest Solar Installation at a Private High School
WHEN: Friday, March 13th, at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Woodside Priory School, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley, Calif.
WHAT: SolarCity will join Woodside Priory School for an unveiling of its multi-building solar installation—the company has installed solar arrays on the Priory’s monastery, upper dorm, library and classroom buildings. SolarCity estimates the solar electricity produced will offset 45 percent of the annual electricity bills for those facilities, representing a monthly savings of $3,020. SolarCity also installed its SolarGuard monitoring system, which turn the solar arrays into a teaching tool, allowing students and faculty the ability to monitor the system’s production and environmental impacts, such as carbon offset and pollution reduction, on the Web.</p> <p>Woodside Priory’s solar systems are expected to offset 6,260,676 pounds of carbon dioxide over 30 years, which is equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by driving an average car 8,067,882 miles or the amount absorbed by 13.5 acres of trees over their lifetime.</p> <p>Brother Edward, a monk who has been at the Priory for 21 years, said the solar panels provide an important lesson about the "obligation to preserve the earth for the next generation."</p> <p>SolarCity, the nation’s largest residential solar power provider, has installed solar systems for more than 50 high schools, middle schools and elementary schools.
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Photo Caption: Woodside Priory students "flip the switch" on 131.5 kilowatt solar installation that will save the school $3,000 per month on its electricity bill