{"id":18318,"date":"2014-07-09T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=18318"},"modified":"2014-07-09T00:55:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T05:55:07","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-adds-solar-canopy-to-9th-street-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/07\/09\/austin-peay-state-university-adds-solar-canopy-to-9th-street-parking-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University adds solar canopy to 9th Street parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – On sunny afternoons, the electric meter attached to the Austin Peay State University Hemlock Semiconductor Building won\u2019t be breaking any speed records.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because, in addition to the solar panels on the building\u2019s roof, a new solar parking canopy in the neighboring 9th Street parking lot will feed even more of the sun\u2019s energy into the electrical system, keeping utility costs down.<\/p>\n

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New Solar Canopy at Austin Peay’s 9th Street parking lot. (Linnea Rainey\/APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe canopy is basically a carport over four parking spaces, with solar panels on top,\u201d Tom Hutchins, director of the APSU physical plant, said. \u201cIt\u2019s tied into the Hemlock building, to supplement the panels on that building\u2019s roof, and we\u2019re getting some generation credit from TVA through the Clarksville Department of Electricity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The University\u2019s Sustainable Fee Committee initiated the $65,099 project, using money collected from the APSU sustainable campus fee. The $10.00 fee, which students pay each semester, was developed in 2008 to fund green initiatives, such as recycling projects, energy and water conservation and the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles.<\/p>\n

In recent years, APSU has pushed to be more energy efficient by adding solar panels at the APSU Environmental Education Center, installing occupancy sensors in many offices and classrooms and putting LED lighting in certain residence halls and classrooms.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Nissan donated two electric car-charging stations to the APSU Foundation. Hutchins said they plan to have those stations installed in the 9th Street parking lot, near the solar canopy, before students return to campus this August.<\/p>\n

Thanks to all these efforts, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification Program has certified APSU as a green member of the local community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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