Since 1927, Michigan Stadium has been an icon for good football, played hard, played fair, played the right way.
But if a petition drive this fall is successful, the Big House also will become the biggest athletic venue in North America with solar panels. Ann Arbor 350 is a project of the Ecology Center. Monica Patel, a policy specialist with the Ecology Center, will be organizing the petition drive.
Patel believes that in installing solar panels at the iconic stadium, U of M will be perceived as a leader in alternative energy. The petition drive will make its presence seen and heard on football Saturdays this fall. Between in-person sign-ups and on-line supporters, Patel is hoping to gather some 10,000 signatures, which would be presented to U of M President Mary Sue Coleman.
The U of M athletic department did not respond to a query by press time. But Terry Alexander, director of the U of M Office of Campus Sustainability, said that solar panels at Michigan Stadium wouldn’t generate much energy and would take decades to pay off.
The U of M OCS works with dozens of student groups in the Student Sustainability Inititive. Despite how the numbers work out, solar panels at the stadium remain a curiosity among U of M students, Alexander said.
One group even produced a 22-page study on the feasibility of solar panels. Conventional wisdom says that the panels wouldn’t make financial sense unless they were on all year. Even then, the payoff period would take more than 26 years, the study found.
Michigan Stadium wouldn’t be the first major sports venue to install solar panels. Basketball courts such as The Staples Center, where the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers play home games, and football stadiums such as Gillette Stadium, where the cold-weather New England Patriots play home games, have installed solar panels.
To learn more about Ann Arbor 350, visit http://www.aa350.org/.
But if a petition drive this fall is successful, the Big House also will become the biggest athletic venue in North America with solar panels. Ann Arbor 350 is a project of the Ecology Center. Monica Patel, a policy specialist with the Ecology Center, will be organizing the petition drive.
Patel believes that in installing solar panels at the iconic stadium, U of M will be perceived as a leader in alternative energy. The petition drive will make its presence seen and heard on football Saturdays this fall. Between in-person sign-ups and on-line supporters, Patel is hoping to gather some 10,000 signatures, which would be presented to U of M President Mary Sue Coleman.
The U of M athletic department did not respond to a query by press time. But Terry Alexander, director of the U of M Office of Campus Sustainability, said that solar panels at Michigan Stadium wouldn’t generate much energy and would take decades to pay off.
The U of M OCS works with dozens of student groups in the Student Sustainability Inititive. Despite how the numbers work out, solar panels at the stadium remain a curiosity among U of M students, Alexander said.
One group even produced a 22-page study on the feasibility of solar panels. Conventional wisdom says that the panels wouldn’t make financial sense unless they were on all year. Even then, the payoff period would take more than 26 years, the study found.
Michigan Stadium wouldn’t be the first major sports venue to install solar panels. Basketball courts such as The Staples Center, where the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers play home games, and football stadiums such as Gillette Stadium, where the cold-weather New England Patriots play home games, have installed solar panels.
To learn more about Ann Arbor 350, visit http://www.aa350.org/.
The solar panels are made of photovoltaic cells that convert sun energy into electric energy used for heating purposes or to power electrical devices. I also want to install solar panel on the roof of my home.
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