Location
Merrill Hall
UW Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle 98105
Startup
December 2004
Electricity Generation
· 9.6 kilowatts DC peak capacity
· 10,000 kWh per year - estimated
Equipment
· (32) RWE Schott Solar 300 watt poly-crystalline modules
· (4) SMA Sunny Boy 2500 watt, 208 VAC inverters
· Cost: $45,000
Project Team
· Seattle City Light
· University of Washington
· WSU Northwest Solar Center
· Miller/Hull Partnership
· Aztech Electric
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Solar Project - Merrill Hall
Green Power Program |
Business Sign-up |
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Green Power Accomplishments
Project Summary
The UW Center for Urban Horticulture is the first academic center in the U.S. devoted to growing plants in cities. Its complex of buildings lies between the Laurelhurst neighborhood and the Union Bay Natural Area, and its academic and outreach programs attract over 65,000 people a year.
The Center's newly-rebuilt Merrill Hall opened in January of 2005 as the first green building on the UW Seattle campus. Housed in Merrill are the Elisabeth C. Miller Library, the Hyde Herbarium, academic offices and labs, and the WSU Cooperative Extension and Master Gardener offices. Among Merrill's many green features is a stormwater collection system, demonstration green roof, naturally-ventilated offices, renewable and recycled materials, a solar-electric array on the roof of the Library, and exceptional indoor air quality.
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Solar modules mount easily to the building's metal roof.
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Voluntary customer contributions to the Seattle Green Power program enabled Seattle City Light to fund the installation of the 9.6 kW solar array that helps power the lights in Merrill. Classes on solar power and other green building topics are offered to the public through the Center's public outreach program. Link to these classes via the Center's website, www.urbanhort.org.
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Solar Electricity Generation at Merrill Hall
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Other Solar Projects:
Ballard High School |
Ballard Library and Neighborhood Sevice Center |
Bertschi School |
Bradner Gardens Park - Community Building |
Carkeek Park - Environmental Learning Center |
Greenwood Elementary School |
Hutchinson Center Yale Building |
Meridian Park Elementary School |
Orca Elementary School |
Pathfinder Elementary School |
Seattle Center - McCaw Performance Hall |
Seattle Federal Courthouse |
Seattle University Student Center |
Spruce Street School |
UW Center for Urban Horticulture - Merrill Hall |
UW Mechanical Engineering Building |
Washington Middle School |
Woodland Park Zoo - Family Farm Discovery Barn
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Green Power Options |
Customer Generation |
Accomplishments
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