Sonoji Sakai Intermediate

Bainbridge Island, WA

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Power

Output

4,586 w
Irradiance

756 w / m²
Temperature

Cell

101°F

Ambient

69°F

Lifetime
10,702 kwh

14,983 lbs of CO₂ Avoided

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Weather

68 °F/20 °C

Partly Cloudy at 12:53 pm PDT

Wind direction: NW

Wind speed: 9 mph

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System Specs

Install Date: 12/10/2008

Size: 5 kW

Module tilt:

Module orientation: 180.0° from North

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Sun Wind Concepts

Today, Sonoji Sakai Intermediate generated 15 Kilowatt-hours of electricity. From fossil-fueled sources, this amount of electricity would have emitted 21 lbs of CO₂ into the atmosphere.

This could power:

An electric toothbrush for 1 year
A 42" plasma-screen television for 1 day
A typical video game system for 4 weeks

Sakai Intermediate School was built in 1999, and has won awards for its “green” design. The lights turn off automatically, the school has bioswales that protect the salmon stream behind it, and it is registered backyard wildlife habitat. The school’s 1.1 kW solar project is a unique partnership between the Bainbridge Island School District and a number of other public and private entities and includes the solar panels, a touch screen display, software to monitor the array. Community Energy Solutions, a local non-profit organization, raised the funds to extend the 1.1kW systems to a 5.1 kW system in 2009.