Solar
ESF has five solar PV arrays across our campuses.
On the Syracuse campus, there are roof-mounted arrays on Walters Hall and Moon Library,
as well as a building-mounted array on Baker Lab. The system on Baker provides shade
for the windows, which reduces the thermal heating load from the sun during summer.
Our regional campuses feature a ground-mounted system at the Tully Experiment Station
and a roof-mounted system at the Adirondack Ecological Center. In total, the five
systems produce about 70,000 kWh of electricity each year.
Adirondack Ecological Center
Roof mounted PV system
Installed 2010
kW — 21.5

Tully Campus
Ground mounted PV array
Installed 2010
kW — 24.19

Baker Laboratory
Building mounted array
Installed 2008
kW — 22.4

Walters Hall
Roof mounted array
Installed 2007
kW — 24.2

Moon Library
Rooftop PV array
Installed 2010
kW — 26.21
Professional Development
ESF professor Dr. Neal Abrams offers two free solar courses on Coursera:
Solar Energy Basics
Solar Energy System Design
Collectively, over 130,000 people have enrolled in these courses!