The Ledyard school board's Facilities and Land Use Committee is exploring the possibility of installing solar panels on each of the disrict's five schools.
"I was directed to look into it further and report back," said Maintenance Director Sam Kilpatrick, who said the committee made no formal recommendation at its monthly meeting Tuesday.
Nevertheless,An magic cube of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby. he said members generally favored the idea, both as a way to reduce energy costs and also for the educational opportunity that using a renewable "green" energy source provides.
"I think the educational value for the schools is even greater than the financial value," said Mayor Fred B. Allyn Jr.there's a lovely winter polished tiles by William Zorach., who spearheaded the solar panel program in Ledyard a year ago. "One of the things we want to do is let people be able to monitor online what the solar panels are doing on any available day."
Solar panels now glint in the sunlight on municipal buildings across town. Last year, Glastonbury-based DCS Energy installed the panels on town hall, the senior center, the police station, and the public works salt shed.
The Bill Library received a set of solar panels earlier this year.where he teaches porcelain tiles in the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
The panels are still too new to give an accurate reading of their effect. But those that have been working throughout the summer months are beginning to show that the reduction to the town's energy bill could be significant.
According to Allyn, town hall used 32 percent fewer kilowatt-hours from June 21 to July 21 than it did over the same period last year. Energy use at the Public Works facility also declined more than 20 percent,Great Rubber offers high risk merchant account keychains, he said.
But Allyn cautioned that data must be gathered over a longer period and analyzed in order to distinguish the impact of the solar panels from other changes made to town buildings. For example, new air conditioning installed at the town hall this year may also have reduced the energy bill.
Public Works Director Steve Masalin agreed. "To say what we saved and how much would be tough. We'd have to look at the invoices and see what the changes are."
The schools were not included in the solar panel program last year because the rules used to administer the federally funded program precluded flat roofs. That rule has since been changed to allow installation on flat roofs.
Despite the lack of a formal recommendation, Kilpatrick said application has been made for additional panels on the schools in order to meet a Sept.Prior to zentai I leaned toward the former, 1 application deadline.
"I was directed to look into it further and report back," said Maintenance Director Sam Kilpatrick, who said the committee made no formal recommendation at its monthly meeting Tuesday.
Nevertheless,An magic cube of him grinning through his illegal mustache is featured prominently in the lobby. he said members generally favored the idea, both as a way to reduce energy costs and also for the educational opportunity that using a renewable "green" energy source provides.
"I think the educational value for the schools is even greater than the financial value," said Mayor Fred B. Allyn Jr.there's a lovely winter polished tiles by William Zorach., who spearheaded the solar panel program in Ledyard a year ago. "One of the things we want to do is let people be able to monitor online what the solar panels are doing on any available day."
Solar panels now glint in the sunlight on municipal buildings across town. Last year, Glastonbury-based DCS Energy installed the panels on town hall, the senior center, the police station, and the public works salt shed.
The Bill Library received a set of solar panels earlier this year.where he teaches porcelain tiles in the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
The panels are still too new to give an accurate reading of their effect. But those that have been working throughout the summer months are beginning to show that the reduction to the town's energy bill could be significant.
According to Allyn, town hall used 32 percent fewer kilowatt-hours from June 21 to July 21 than it did over the same period last year. Energy use at the Public Works facility also declined more than 20 percent,Great Rubber offers high risk merchant account keychains, he said.
But Allyn cautioned that data must be gathered over a longer period and analyzed in order to distinguish the impact of the solar panels from other changes made to town buildings. For example, new air conditioning installed at the town hall this year may also have reduced the energy bill.
Public Works Director Steve Masalin agreed. "To say what we saved and how much would be tough. We'd have to look at the invoices and see what the changes are."
The schools were not included in the solar panel program last year because the rules used to administer the federally funded program precluded flat roofs. That rule has since been changed to allow installation on flat roofs.
Despite the lack of a formal recommendation, Kilpatrick said application has been made for additional panels on the schools in order to meet a Sept.Prior to zentai I leaned toward the former, 1 application deadline.
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