Renewable Energy Tracker
2420 Old Ivy Rd Office Building
2420 Old Ivy Rd is home to University's Human Resources, Communications office and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. The building when it was built in 2019, was made solar ready.
The roof houses 484 modules, each 430W, made by Mission Solar in USA and have a 25-year power production guarantee, bringing the total system size to 208.12 kW (DC). It is expected to generate 250,045 kWh/year which is about 27.4% offset from the building's electrical usage, which is about 175 metric tons of CO2 reduction per year. The system came online in April 2024.
Current solar production
Total solar production since March 12, 2024
Production
Total production: kWh
Average production: kW
After 6 hours at peak capacity, this solar installation is estimated to generate 1248 kWh and save 491 kg of greenhouse gas emissions. This is equivalent to the carbon dioxide emissions from:
- 1,251 miles driven by an average passenger vehicle
- 55.3 gallons of gasoline consumed
- 546 pounds of coal burned to generate energy
On a daily basis, the average US residential utility customer consumes approximately 30 kWh of electricity (emitting approximately 45 kg of greenhouse gas emissions), drives 37 miles, and uses approximately 4.5 gallons of gasoline and 41 lbs of coal.
1 kWh equals
Keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for 10 hours
Environmental Savings from Total Solar Production to Date
metric tons of CO2 avoided
gallons of water saved
barrels of crude oil not used