CAMPUS SOLAR CHAR CHARGE YOUR MOBILE ELECTRONICS HERE! The University of Texas at Austin’s Solar Charging Station is an innovative combination of science, public art and cutting-edge technology. It oﬀers students and community members the opportunity to gather while recharging their laptops, phones and electrical devices via USB ports or standard electrical outlets. With three solar panels, the station provides a shaded WiFi workstation and solar laboratory for students during the day. Six batteries extend the charging capacity on cloudy days and into the night as a vibrant, LED- illumined, WiFi hotspot. www.utexas.edu/sustainability/solarstations.php Campus Solar Charging Station 1100 kW of solar energy per year LED Lighting WiFi / Solar Data Logging Planter Boxes 735 Watt Lumos Solar Panels 300 Ah 24V battery bank 6 USB charging ports 12- 110 volt electrical ports Wheelchair Accessible Worktable Two tables / benches Electic Scooter Charging 90% + Charge Now! Production Usage Day Month Year Production Usage Lifetime production Oct 15, 2014 Solar Charging Station 12 5 7 1 kWh 100 Watts 2700 kWh kW am pm 6 @ 80° .25 .5 System is currently generating .4 kW The University of Texas at Austin’s Green Fee Program, Sol Design Lab, and Science Undergraduate Research Group (SURGe) Special Thanks to: UT Green Fee Committee, Science Undergraduate Research Group (SURGe), Sol Design Lab (Designers: Beth Ferguson, Dallas Swindle), Lighthouse Solar, Wells Solar & Electric, The University of Texas at Austin: Office of Sustainability, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Art and Art History: Design Division and Sculpture Studio, Intercollegiate Athletics. And Megan Archer, William Jorn, Eric Swanson, Delia Brownson, Rick Mansfield, Misa Grannis, Gordon Larrimie, Karen Blaney, Jim Walker, Carl Wells, Aaron Meyers, and SURGe students. utsurge.org

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CAMPUS SOLAR CHARGING STATION

CHARGE YOUR MOBILE ELECTRONICS HERE! The University of Texas at Austin’s Solar Charging Station is an innovative combination of science, public art and cutting-edge technology. It o�ers students and community members the opportunity to gather while recharging their laptops, phones and electrical devices via USB ports or standard electrical outlets. With three solar panels, the station provides a shaded WiFi workstation and solar laboratory for students during the day. Six batteries extend the charging capacity on cloudy days and into the night as a vibrant, LED- illumined, WiFi hotspot.

www.utexas.edu/sustainability/solarstations.php

Campus Solar Charging Station 1100 kW of solar energy per year

LED Lighting

WiFi / Solar Data Logging

Planter Boxes

735 Watt Lumos Solar Panels

300 Ah 24V battery bank

6 USB charging ports12- 110 volt electrical ports

Wheelchair Accessible Worktable

Two tables / benches

Electic ScooterCharging

Charge Now!

90%+

Charge Now!

ProductionUsage

Day Month Year

Production

Usage

Lifetime production

Oct 15, 2014

Solar Charging Station

12 57

1 kWh

100 Watts

2700 kWh

am pm

@80°

.25

System is currently generating .4 kW

The University of Texas at Austin’s Green Fee Program, Sol Design Lab, and Science Undergraduate Research Group (SURGe)

Special Thanks to: UT Green Fee Committee, Science Undergraduate Research Group (SURGe), Sol Design Lab (Designers: Beth Ferguson, Dallas Swindle), Lighthouse Solar, Wells Solar & Electric, The University of Texas at Austin: Office of Sustainability, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Art and Art History: Design Division and Sculpture Studio, Intercollegiate Athletics. And Megan Archer, William Jorn, Eric Swanson, Delia Brownson, Rick Mansfield, Misa Grannis, Gordon Larrimie, Karen Blaney, Jim Walker, Carl Wells, Aaron Meyers, and SURGe students.

utsurge.org