School Solar Update Planned This Week
Progress report set for Wednesday’s school board meeting.
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The Teaneck school district’s architect will offer an update Wednesday on the progress of a project to install ground-mounted solar panel canopies at district buildings.
A Board of Education architect working on the project estimated the district would save $1 million over 15 years in energy costs. School officials broke ground on the project in June. The school board has approved installing the panels at six of eight district building.
Work was initially expected to be completed in September, according to a June press release.
“Through a Power Purchase Agreement with Hudson Energy there will be no cost to taxpayers for this project,” the release said.
The update on the work will be given at the 8 p.m. school board public meeting at Teaneck High School.
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Art Vatsky
1:19 am on Monday, October 8, 2012
This is simply great. Our students benefit from daily exposure to true (early) 21st century technology. It prepares them for the days when it will be odd NOT to have solar panels on a building. Then we can minimize our dependence on fossil fuels that are ever more rapidly changing our climate. Kudos to the Teaneck Board of Education.
jackie miller
8:00 am on Monday, October 8, 2012
Can we now afford AC each classroon.? Only a few areas of the schools have AC
some day are dangerously hot for teachers and kids.....just wondering
zizi
10:37 am on Monday, October 8, 2012
Teachers union can accept no raises for the next agreement and we can have AC in every room.
shimon baum
7:59 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
I'm sure they find another way to waste that million.