Liberty High School

Location:
Renton, WA
Grade Level:
9-12
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
2.02 - kilowatts

Thanks to the generous support of Puget Sound Energy, Liberty High School received a 2.02-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system installation in August 2009. The system is mounted on a dual-axis tracker and Enphase microinverter technology, thanks to support from the Issaquah Schools Foundation, which allows the solar arrays to track the sun as it moves through the sky. 

As a Renewable School, Liberty High School is building a dedicated community of renewable energy educators, generating clean energy through their awarded PV system, and leveraging the system's performance data as an... Read full project narrative >>

Lincoln Elementary

Location:
Ellensburg, WA
Grade Level:
K-5
Renewable Classroom projects are designed to build a dedicated community of renewable energy educators within a single school or district, led by a designated "Teacher Champion." Lincoln Elementary in Ellensburg, Washington received a Renewable Classroom project in October 2008. Educators within Lincoln Elementary received a customized renewable energy teacher training, hands-on science kit materials to augment the school's existing curricula, and complete access to the resources available on the Solar4RSchools.org website. Read full project narrative >>

Lincoln High School

Location:
Portland, OR
Grade Level:
9-12
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
1.00 - kilowatt

Thanks to the generous support of Portland General Electric and the Energy Trust of Oregon, Lincoln High School joined the Solar 4R Schools program in 2005. Lincoln High School, in the Portland School District, is the ninth project in BEF’s Solar 4R Schools program, and one of four metro area schools to receive solar electric panels during the first quarter of 2005.

As a Renewable School, Lincoln High is building a dedicated community of renewable energy educators, generating clean energy through their awarded 1-kilowatt photovoltaic system, and leveraging the photovoltaic (PV)... Read full project narrative >>

Lone Rock School

Location:
Stevensville, MT
Grade Level:
PK-6
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
4.00 - kilowatts

Educators and administrators within Lone Rock School realized that the economics of their country, state and community would be changing dramatically during the time that their elementary school children were receiving their formal education. They felt that the one category of business that would withstand the coming changes and still be in place for future jobs would be in the field of energy. Whether it be oil, coal, wind, solar, biomass or hydrogen that fueled future systems, their students would benefit from getting a solid education in a broadfield approach to learning about energy.... Read full project narrative >>

Lopez Island Community Solar

Lopez Island Community Solar array
Location:
Lopez Island, WA
Grade Level:
K-12
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
9.98 - kilowatts

The San Juan Islands Conservation District is partnered with Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO) and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to install solar electric systems at the public schools on Lopez, Orcas, San Juan, and Shaw Islands in 2015. This exciting community solar project will deliver renewable energy to our public schools, reducing their electricity bills, and provide renewable energy education for our students. Participants receive a payback through production incentives. Lopez Island School is generating renewable... Read full project narrative >>

Lycée Français de New York

Location:
New York, NY
Grade Level:
PK-12
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
4.84 - kilowatts

As a Renewable School, Lycée Francais in New York City is building a dedicated community of renewable energy educators, generating clean energy through their 4.84-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system, and using the system's performance data as an educational tool to bring energy topics to life in their classrooms. The system was installed over the playground rooftop.

The PV system modules were donated by FOX Broadcasting while the remaining equipment and Renewable School project was supported by reinvestment funds from a Voluntary Emissions Reduction Credit purchase made by News... Read full project narrative >>

Lyle Secondary School

Location:
Lyle, WA
Grade Level:
9-12
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
6.36 - kilowatts

Lyle is a small, rural school district located in the Columbia River Gorge. In 2014, BEF used funding from Bonneville Power Administration to provide a Renewable School package to Lyle Secondary School. 

As a new Renewable School, Lyle High School’s teachers and students are generating clean energy with their newly installed, pole-mounted 6.36-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system. In addition, the school is utilizing live performance data from this system to generate hands-on classroom activities that educate students about renewable energy, science and engineering. Solar 4R Schools... Read full project narrative >>

Lynnwood High School

Location:
Martha Lake, WA
Grade Level:
9-12

Lynnwood High School (LHS) is a comprehensive public high school serving grades 9-12. One of their school-wide initiatives is to encourage students to be stewards of their local and global environment. Students in 9th grade at LHS take an introductory science course called Integrated Physical Science. This course teaches students about energy transfers and transformation, energy resources both renewable and non renewable, and how energy usage affects our... Read full project narrative >>

Maharishi School

Location:
Fairfield, IA
Grade Level:
PK-12
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
1.10 - kilowatts

In 2006, Maharishi School joined the Solar 4R Schools program with a Renewable School project sponsored by the Vote For Change Renewable Energy Project. This project is part of a national effort to raise awareness of the environmental impacts of our energy choices by musical artists such as Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam, REM, Bonnie Raitt, and the Dave Matthews Band.

As a Renewable School, Maharishi School is building a dedicated community of renewable energy educators, generating clean energy through their 1.1-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) system, and leveraging the system's performance... Read full project narrative >>

Maple Hill Farm

Location:
Hallowell, ME
Technology Type:
solar
PV System Size:
13.00 - kilowatts

After installing a 10-kilowatt wind turbine in 2003, Maple Hill Farm Inn and Conference Center went solar in a big way at the end of 2006 with the installation of a large photovoltaic (PV) system and solar hot water array, the largest in Maine at the time. 

 
Energy monitoring provided to the school by the Solar 4R Schools program made the live performance data from their PV system available for educational purposes. ... Read full project narrative >>

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