Pueblo School District 60 Renewable Energy Demonstration Project

Whitney Electric CompanyWired to the Future Since 1913

StEPP Grant FundingStrategic Environmental Project Pipeline

Author: Tharyn Mulberry, Heaton PrincipalCo-author: Dr. Lee Ann Martinez, CSU

Pueblo/ParentDistrict 60 Staff

Mark Gazette, Director of Facilities Management

Jeff Reed, Project Manager FacilitiesGreg Sinn, Public Relations Officer

Grant Summary$107,480 award to create an environmentally

sustainable campus that integrates green technologies into both operations and curricula

Program components include7.5 kW Wind generator with Weather Bug station6.3 kW Photovoltaic array with Internet

monitoringPV system will offset

146,000 lbs of CO2 1,245 lbs of NOx 125 lbs of SO2

Aerial view of proposed PV location

Model for Heaton Pole Layout

Model for Heaton System Kiosk

Array Location before Installation

Drilling Caissons for Pole Mounts

PV Work in Progress

Finished Solar Photovoltaic Project

Colorado Wind Resource Map

http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/maps_template.asp?stateab=co

XCEL Energy Comanche Station, Pueblo, CO

XCEL Energy Comanche Station, Pueblo, CO

S-1 Zoning Map

7.5 kW Wind Turbine Challenges

Renderings for Neighborhood Meetings

Drilling the Caisson for the Base

The Turbine arrives from China

Preparing for the tilt-up

Turbine Control Equipment

Proud Papa

Student Choir Composes Song

Screaming Sixth Graders

Questions