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daVinci shows off new solar panels at open house
Students and project sponsors will be on hand for an open house to celebrate progress on the daVinci Middle School's Evans-Harvard Music Conservatory high performance classroom.
Solar 4R SchoolsdaVinci Middle School had solar panels from Solar 4R Schools installed in 2005 as part of its Living Garden. New panels, which will be part of the school's high performance classroom, will be installed soon.
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by Abby Haight, The Oregonian
Thursday April 09, 2009, 7:30 AM
Students and project sponsors will be on hand for an open house to celebrate progress on the daVinci Middle School's Evans-Harvard Music Conservatory high performance classroom.
The classroom is under construction but is targeted to become the first LEED platinum, net-zero energy consumption free-standing public school classroom in the country. The reception, from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at daVinci, welcomes the arrival of integrated solar roofing tiles that will generate 5.2 kilowatts of power.
The project has received more than $500,000 in design, construction and consulting services from local businesses, non-profits and government agencies.
The Bonneville Environmental Foundation donated the solar tiles and a power-monitoring kiosk through its Solar 4R Schools program, which has provided solar demonstration programs to more than 20 Oregon schools.
-- Abby Haight; abbyhaight@news.oregonian.com
Originally posted at OregonLive.com
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