The Picador Volume 8, Issue 5
A PUBLICATION BY HOLDERNESS STUDENTS FOR THE HOLDERNESS SCHOOL COMMUNITY
December 7, 2012
Photovoltaic Panels: Coming to an Athletic Field Near You virtually run on renewable energy only, with 20,000 kWh left to go elsewhere. At 12.5 cents/kWh, a considerable amount of money could be saved over the lifetime of the panels, as well.”
By Dylan Arthaud ’12 At this point, we should all be feeling somewhat guilty about our carbon emissions and waste and whatever else is said to be warming the planet. But Holderness and its students should feel a little less guilty than the average polluter. A plan is in the making to reuse campus energy.
But with new power sources come new problems. Because technical issues might prevent putting the panels on roofs, Dr. Mumford says, “Several sites “Holderness is in the process the ground are being con“Generating the electricity for Bartsch alone on of evaluating the possible insidered as well. The other sites stallation of photovoltaic from solar panels would mean avoiding 46 include the flat ground across [solar] panels, which generate the road from the football tons of carbon dioxide production at Holderelectricity strictly from solar field, the slope next to the turf radiation,” says Dr. Mumford, ness per year!” - Dr. Mumford field, as well as a couple of the faculty leader of the Green spots near the lower fields. Team which is spearheading Fortunately, the panels are mind as likely candidates,” cording to Dr. Mumford, we the project. “The evaluation sturdy enough to withstand a continues Dr. Mumford, could generate around 120,000 involves discussing potential hit from a stray ball.” “especially because the kWh for Bartsch per year. sites, metering the amount of amount of electricity that “Generating the electricity for electricity that can be generFabian Stocek, a member of could be generated in the Bartsch alone from solar pan- Dr. Mumford’s Green Team, ated, and financing.” space available matches the els would mean avoiding 46 has high hopes for the future Solar panel vendors have alamount used nearby over the tons of carbon dioxide produc- of alternative energy sources ready been on campus looking course of a year; ‘the load is a tion at Holderness per year!” at Holderness: “These first for great southern-facing exgood match for the generaDr. Mumford explains. “The steps [solar panels] will not be panses. “A couple of roofs rink uses about 100,000 kWh huge from an energy perspection.’” the gym and rink - come to per year between November (Continued on page 2) Here come the numbers: acand March, so the rink would