WPI's campus has approximately 60,000 ft2 available roof space for photovoltaic(PV) installations. This translates into the availability of a total maximum power of 426kW and the potential to generate an impressive 500MWh/year. By producing this, WPI will be reducing the amount of CO2 by 400 tons/year which is the equivalent to planting about 1900 trees. This study helped to determine the feasibility of "Photovoltization" of the WPI campus.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Beliveau, Jason A.
• Pyatnychko, Yura
• Lian, Chao
• Tariq, Muhammad Farzan

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Energy
• Community
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-100710-144124

Keyword

• Photovoltaic power systems
• Sustainability
• Solar energy

Advisor

• Emanuel, Alexander E.

Year

• 2010

Center

• Sustaining WPI On-Campus Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2010-10-07

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-13