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Installed 90 on-site solar arrays
Milestones:
• The Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health , home to the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, opened in April 2022. The facility incorporates several climate-positive features, including:
| The first building in Arizona to use BubbleDeck, a void-form structural deck system that significantly reduces the carbon footprint and embodied energy of concrete structures.
| Exterior panels on the east, south and west sides for shading the building’s windows and minimizing energy consumption by using natural light.
• Realized an estimated $2.3 million in utility savings from campus energy and water-efficiency projects and implemented roughly $3.4 million worth of new efficiency and engagement initiatives through the Sustainability Initiatives Revolving Fund program in FY 2022.
• Received 217,984 MWh of electricity through large-scale solar and wind renewable-energy purchase agreements , enough to power approximately 17,000 Arizona homes for a year.
• Installed 90 on-site solar arrays on ASU campuses since 2004 , with a 24.2 MWdc-equivalent rated power output. This is equivalent to 5,000 residential solar arrays.