Solar Power Is Reducing Energy Costs
Demonstrating the University’s ongoing commitment to affordable renewable energy and
sustainability, McKendree’s new solar panel system produces 8,600 kilowatt-hours of
carbon-free electricity per year, helping to power the bookstore and The Lair and
lowering energy costs. In Ames Dining Hall, a flat panel monitor displays how much
power is being generated and used. Over 25 years, a system this size is estimated
to offset 169 tons of CO2 emissions - the equivalent of planting three acres of trees
or not driving 550,000 miles.