The Catholic University of America furthers sustainability efforts with 7.4-MW community solar project

• Standard Solar is partnering with The Catholic University of America to construct the Washington metropolitan region's biggest urban community solar array on the University's campus in Northeast D.C

The 7.4-MW project will give accessibility to in your area generated renewable resource through the D.C. community solar program to locals, non-profits and also businesses. Standard Solar will have, run as well as keep the system.

Generating around 10,000 MWh of solar energy annually, the project will certainly make a significant contribution to the district's goal of 100% renewable resource by 2032 as well as carbon neutrality by 2050.

" Catholic University is revealing significant management with this cutting-edge solar project to bring tidy power to the area," said John Finnerty, supervisor of company development for Standard Solar. "The project exceeds increasing the University's sustainability campaigns and also ecological stewardship to straight producing benefits for the Washington, D.C. community and generations of pupils."

On top of that, the project will offer instructional opportunities for pupils at all levels from K-12 to graduate degree. Students will learn more about sustainability and also environmental stewardship with excursion, STEM projects and also access to a real-time, web-based power production surveillance tool.

The solar array will be mounted on a primitive portion of the University's 173.4-acre campus, between Harewood Rd. and also North Capitol St. NE, north of Michigan Ave. called the west campus. Gotten in 2004, the location is largely utilized for campus operations, consisting of a tree nursery and also staging areas for facilities projects. The project is presently in the design procedure, with construction expected to begin in 2022.

This project is the most up to date in Catholic University's long-lasting commitment to sustainability. The campus already has 2,700 solar panels; four LEED-certified structures; EV charging terminals; solar carports; a new energy-efficient, central hot and also cooled water generation and also campus circulation system that replaced a century-old heavy steam system; as well as a five-year Sustainability Plan. The University was among the first internationally to sign onto a Vatican initiative devoting to a prepare for ecological sustainability.