Sustainability at GCC

Greenfield Community College

Solar power

GCC has two sets of solar panels that make up an array on the lawn of the East building. These panel provide energy to the college and, just as importantly, provide teaching opportunities for a number of instructors in the college. Panel 1 is fixed. Panel 2 is a tracking panel that rotates to follow the movement of the sun from east to west. In the graphs below, the blue line represents the total energy output (in Kilowatt-hours) of the two sets of panels combined.