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- Central Plugs Into The Sun
More photos from the ribbon-cutting The Library marked National Energy Awareness Month by hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 24 at Central Library, where the new solar panel installation is the County's latest effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions....
- "understand Energy" Fun Programs In May
Update 5/9: The May 11 program at Central Library has been canceled. Updated 4/15: Program at Columbia Pike has been postponed. Energy. It's a constant issue these days and it affects your life and your pocketbook. Join us this Spring for a great...
- An Entrepreneurial Look At Earth And Its People - Sept. 27
Are you worried about both our economy and our impact on the Earth? Flummoxed about what to do? Two Arlington leaders - from seemingly different worlds - offer the same answer: Think Differently. Join us Monday, Sept. 27 at 7:00 p.m. for Pausing to Consider...
- Energy Efficient Central Library
Did you know that between 1999 and 2009, Arlington County energy management activities cut energy use at Central Library by 36%, saving nearly $100,000 each year in avoided energy costs? Arlington's Central Library is just one example of how the...
- How Much Electricity Does My ______ Use?
Watts killing you? The Library can help you figure out home electricity usage. Ask for a Kill A Watt? meter next time you?re in an Arlington Public Library, or search the library catalog and reserve one with the Place Hold button. Take it home and connect...
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Central Goes Solar - You Can Too!
The Department of Environmental Services and Aurora Energy started work this week on the installation of 250 new solar panels at Central Library.
Once the panels are installed, they will produce approximately 60,000 - 70,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year (turning on a 100 watt light bulb for 10 hours uses 1 kilowatt-hour). That's the same amount of electricity used by 7 houses in one year! And although it's only a fraction of Central Library's annual use, electricity generated by the solar panels will save approximately $14,000 in energy costs each year, and reduce the County?s annual CO2 emissions by about 100,000 pounds.
If you want to learn more about solar power, and how to use it in your home, check out these books:
Watch our slideshow from the first day of the solar panel installation.
Once the panels are installed, they will produce approximately 60,000 - 70,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year (turning on a 100 watt light bulb for 10 hours uses 1 kilowatt-hour). That's the same amount of electricity used by 7 houses in one year! And although it's only a fraction of Central Library's annual use, electricity generated by the solar panels will save approximately $14,000 in energy costs each year, and reduce the County?s annual CO2 emissions by about 100,000 pounds.
If you want to learn more about solar power, and how to use it in your home, check out these books:- Convert Your Home to Solar Energy by Everett M. Barber, Jr.
- How To Solar Power Your Home: Everything you need to know explained simply by by Martha Maeda
- Sustainable solar housing. Volume 1, strategies and solutions (NetLibrary eBook), edited by Robert Hastings and Maria Wall
Watch our slideshow from the first day of the solar panel installation.
- Central Plugs Into The Sun
More photos from the ribbon-cutting The Library marked National Energy Awareness Month by hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 24 at Central Library, where the new solar panel installation is the County's latest effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions....
- "understand Energy" Fun Programs In May
Update 5/9: The May 11 program at Central Library has been canceled. Updated 4/15: Program at Columbia Pike has been postponed. Energy. It's a constant issue these days and it affects your life and your pocketbook. Join us this Spring for a great...
- An Entrepreneurial Look At Earth And Its People - Sept. 27
Are you worried about both our economy and our impact on the Earth? Flummoxed about what to do? Two Arlington leaders - from seemingly different worlds - offer the same answer: Think Differently. Join us Monday, Sept. 27 at 7:00 p.m. for Pausing to Consider...
- Energy Efficient Central Library
Did you know that between 1999 and 2009, Arlington County energy management activities cut energy use at Central Library by 36%, saving nearly $100,000 each year in avoided energy costs? Arlington's Central Library is just one example of how the...
- How Much Electricity Does My ______ Use?
Watts killing you? The Library can help you figure out home electricity usage. Ask for a Kill A Watt? meter next time you?re in an Arlington Public Library, or search the library catalog and reserve one with the Place Hold button. Take it home and connect...