New Haven Unified School District Union City, CA
Project Description
The New Haven USD is one of the most progressive school districts in Northern California. In early 2007, Conley-Caraballo High School became the first school in Alameda County to receive the majority of its power from an onsite solar power installation. In November of 2007, the School Board approved two more solar installations to be installed on the Kitayama Elementary School and James Logan High School; the second and third schools in the district to “go solar”.
“In addition to installing our solar power installations, Borrego Solar provided us with a CA state approved solar curriculum spanning all K12 grade levels. With the curriculum, our installations are not only having a positive impact on the environment, but they also become a valuable education tool that supports the New Haven USD’s continuous efforts to steward sustainable values and environmental consciousness to our students and communities beyond Union City.”
Rick LaPlante
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The solar power installations at Kitayama Elementary and James Logan High School, are 201kW and 270kW respectively. The installation at Kitayama is a Uni-Solar laminate thin film technology installed on the classroom roofs, and required a re-roof prior to the installation of a special GenFlex White reflective substrate material. At James Logan HS the solar arrays were mounted on the roof of the new performing arts center and the 500's classroom wing and use a more traditional Sharp polycrystalline solar module. The majority of the racking used at James Logan HS, was flat roof tilt-up.
New Haven Unified School District received the Green California Schools Leadership Award in the “energy” category, which was presented at the 2010 Green California Schools Summit in Pasadena. The award recognized the school district for its innovation and dedication to energy efficiency.
Monthly Production: 59,163
Annual Production: 70,9950
30 Year Production: 19,807,605
The total cost of both the Kitayama and John Logan High School installations was just shy of $3 million. Processing the rebate paperwork on behalf of the New Haven USD, we were able to get approximately half (50%) of the installation covered with the California Energy Commission rebate funds. Over the life of the installations, the expected energy savings is estimated at approximately $5 million, for a net savings of approximately $3.6 million.
Carbon Dioxide Offset (annually): 972,632
Carbon Dioxide Offset (30 years): 27,136,419
Equivalent to the effect of
removing 110 passenger vehicles from the road
Equivalent to the effect of planting 244 acres of trees
Nitrogen Oxide Emissions Offset
(30 years): 26,147
Sulfur Oxide Emissions Offset
(30 years): 56,650
