{"id":45368,"date":"2020-12-03T07:07:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T20:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=45368"},"modified":"2020-12-03T07:07:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T20:37:55","slug":"la-trobe-university-solar-mb1786","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/la-trobe-university-solar-mb1786\/","title":{"rendered":"La Trobe University’s Solar Panel Rollout Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Construction of new solar carports at La Trobe University’s Albury-Wodonga campus has kicked off, part of a project to achieve net-zero carbon emissions for all campuses.<\/p>\n

La Trobe is a significant energy user, previously consuming around 40,000,000 kilowatt-hours of grid-sourced electricity annually. The University has set a goal of net zero carbon emissions on its regional campuses by 2022, and on all campuses by 2029.<\/p>\n

La Trobe Vice-Chancellor Professor John Dewar AO says<\/a> slashing carbon emissions is simply the right thing to do and the University also expects to make significant energy cost savings through its efforts.<\/p>\n

At Albury-Wodonga campus, another 270 solar panels are being installed that will cover close to 30 parking spaces – generating clean energy as well as providing shade for the vehicles below. The new system will have a capacity of 110kW and is to be completed by the end of this month.<\/p>\n

With this system in place, Albury-Wodonga will have 1,650 solar panels installed on-campus, generating equivalent to 40 per cent of the campus\u2019 electricity requirements. Other actions taken on campus towards the net-zero goal included 1,600 LED light fittings installed last year.<\/p>\n

Professor Dewar said all four regional campuses will have more than 90 per cent of their lighting converted to LED by the end of this year.<\/p>\n

PV At Other La Trobe Campuses<\/h2>\n

As for solar panels at other regional La Trobe University campuses:<\/p>\n