San Diego Solar Power: Francis Parker School
Francis Parker School went solar in 2016 with the help of Sullivan Solar Power. The solar panel system for the school can generate 24.97 kilowatts of renewable electricity from the sun. There are 105 solar panels on the roof of a campus building powering the school's solar energy system. Francis Parker was founded in 1912 and is San Diego's oldest and largest independent coeducational day school serving more than 1,200 students from kindergarten to 12th grade.
The Student Environmental Protection Association was instrumental in convincing school administrators to go solar. Students in the group are working to develop a plan to make their campus carbon neutral.
On average, each year a solar energy system this size will:
- Generate 37,461 to 49,948 kilowatt hours of clean renewable solar power.
- Avoid the creation of 61,936 pounds of harmful carbon dioxide released into our air.
- Provide the system owner with $10,989 in Solar Power Savings.