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The Center for Sustainability Learning Kress Family Library, De Pere, WI
The
Project The
objective is to create a learning center complimented by a large, high profile
renewable energy project. To accomplish this, we plan to install: an
educational kiosk with monitoring equipment and displays; and a 20-kilowatt
solar-electric array on the south-facing roof of the Kress Family Library.
This long life, low maintenance system will annually produce 25,000
kilowatt-hours of clean, renewable electricity and the library will benefit from
$87,000 in energy savings in thirty years. More
than 130,000 people visit the Kress Family Library each year. On a daily
basis, thousands more pass by on Route 32/North Broadway and on the adjacent Fox
River Trail. The high number of people able to view the system combined
with the public and educational nature of a library facility make the Kress
Library an ideal location for a solar energy awareness project.
Solar-electric
hardware and installation
112,000 Solar
education & Interactive Kiosk
10,000 Net
Cost
122,000 Focus
on
Energy
Rebate
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56,000 Project
Cost
66,000 Promoting
Sustainability The
project rates at the highest level for meeting sustainable development criteria.
By meeting all four of the Guiding Objectives, the project should be undertaken
for our community to: 1.
Reduce dependence upon fossil fuels, underground metals and minerals 2.
Reduce wasteful dependence upon chemicals and unnatural substances 3.
Reduce encroachment upon nature 4. Meet human needs fairly and efficiently
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