Webinar - February 24th: Building the Solar Schools of the Future, Today with Mark Hanson

Webinar: Building the Solar Schools of the Future, Today

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Monday, February 24th, at 10:00AM PST

Why do we make solar schools appear to be so daunting?

The conversations surrounding solar schools and more generally responses to climate change give the impression that implementing renewable energy on a massive scale is a daunting, if not impossible challenge. This at least is the impression from reviewing media and social media. My question is why do we approach the task of reorienting our economy in general and implementing solar schools and other facilities with this bias? Are solar implementation and financial analysis of renewable energy systems that complicated and too expensive to implement on a mass scale?

My response is a resounding no. The webinar, based on my book, The Inevitable Solar School: Building the Sustainable Schools of the Future, Today (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), describes solar schools at or approaching zero energy that are being built at construction costs equal to or below regional cost average. These schools then have lower operating costs.The webinar provides examples of school solar financial analysis and implementation that should be ordinary and must become routine if we are to battle climate change on a mass scale.

To register for the webinar, email Gabrielle Temple at: gabrielle.temple@canyons.edu

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1600934.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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