The database, which was assembled by the Association of the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), illustrates a major trend within higher education in the U.S. and a major emerging market for photovoltaics also.
AASHE has shown that 137 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity has been installed on American campuses, a market worth over USD$300 million. In 2010 higher education installations made up 5.4 percent of total installed capacity and that the median project size has grown six fold over the three-year period.
The goal of the ASSHE is to drive further photovoltaic installations in the higher education sector, by illustrating examples of successful programs within universities.
The University of San Diego is one such example that accessed federal and state funding to install 5,000 panels equaling 15 percent of the campus electricity. Little capital investment was required on behalf of the university.
ASSHE worked with AMSOLAR on the database. AMSOLAR is a San Diego-based developer of solar projects for universities.
This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.
By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.
You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.
Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.