Description:

Grid Tied PV 750 kW grid-tied PV solar on custom ground mounting system.

Other Benefits:

Like UB, the strand is multidimensional and cross-disciplinary, merging teaching, learning, art, research, sustainability and community engagement into a complex and powerful resource. Groups of photovoltaic panels are mounted onto supports that stretch in three rows along Flint Road, creating a new gateway to the North Campus. The design’s logic is derived from the “strand” concept: a linear landscape formation and DNA fingerprint. Walkways run between the rows of panels, connecting the array with local roads, the Center for Tomorrow, and naturally regenerated meadows and wetland areas that the public can enjoy. Gathering spaces embedded in the project include an open-air chamber paved with recycled, concrete sidewalk slabs. The array’s tallest groupings of solar panels form a slanted roof over three outdoor “social rooms.”

Open House Info:

Park in the adjacent parking lot, called "Center For Tomorrow" off of the Flint Rd Entrance From the East (Rochester, Albany, New York City) Take the I-90 West until you reach the I-290 (just past tolls, follow State University signs). Take the I-290 West (towards Niagara Falls) to Exit 5B (Millersport Highway, Route 263). Get off exit and merge into traffic. Go through first light (Marriott is on your left), and merge into right lane. Enter campus at the Flint Road exit. From the South (Pittsburgh) Take I-79 North to Erie, PA. Take the I-90 East until you reach the I-290 (past the Buffalo airport exit). Take the I-290 West (towards Niagara Falls) to Exit 5B (Millersport Highway, Route 263). Get off exit and merge into traffic. Go through first light (Marriott is on your left), and merge into right lane. Enter campus at the Flint Road exit. From the West (Cleveland, Erie, Chicago) Take the I-90 East until you reach the I-290 (past the Buffalo airport exit). Take the I-290 West (towards Niagara Falls) to Exit 5B (Millersport Highway, Route 263). Get off exit and merge into traffic. Go through first light (Marriott is on your left), and merge into right lane. Enter campus at the Flint Road exit. Park in the adjacent parking lot, called "Center For Tomorrow" off of the Flint Rd Entrance: solar strand is visible from the right.

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