{"id":27436,"date":"2017-09-01T11:09:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T17:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=27436"},"modified":"2018-06-01T10:24:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:24:54","slug":"campus-to-harness-sun-to-power-gallogly-events-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=27436","title":{"rendered":"Campus to harness sun to power Gallogly Events Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src='https:\/\/gfycat.com\/ifr\/deadcloudyfirefly' frameborder='0' scrolling='no' width='640' height='360'  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A new solar power system atop University Center and Gallogly Events Center will make Gallogly a \u201cnet zero\u201d power user.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8623.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-27463 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8623-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8623-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8623-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8623-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8623-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a> Installation of the system began Aug. 24 and is expected to be complete and generating electricity by Oct. 9, according to Jeff Davis, auxiliary operations project manager, Auxiliary Services. Engineers estimate the system will generate enough electricity during the course of a year that Gallogly will have a zero electric bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the winter when basketball and volleyball games are taking place and there are less amounts of daylight, we\u2019ll be using electricity,\u201d Davis said. \u00a0In the summer, when the building is being used less and the panels are generating more, we\u2019ll sell surplus power to Colorado Springs Utilities. At the end of the year, we expect the bill to be zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About $300,000 in University Center reserve funds were used to pay for the project. It will take an estimated 12 years to recoup the investment, Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fifth solar power installation at UCCS in support of campus sustainability initiatives. Other installations are at Alpine Garage, Centennial Hall, Osborne Science and Engineering, and Gallogly Recreation and Wellness Center.<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=2535\">Sun to power more of UCCS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=2535\">EPA recognizes campus for green power use<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8645.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27460\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8645-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8645-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8645-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8645-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8645-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8639.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27461\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8639-683x1125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"1219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8639-683x1125.jpg 683w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8639-273x450.jpg 273w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8639-768x1266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8639-91x150.jpg 91w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8630.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27462\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8630-750x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8630-750x375.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8630-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8630-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8630-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27464\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8605-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8605-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8605-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8605-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8605-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8681.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27533\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8681-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8681-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8681-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8681-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8681-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8684.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27534\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8684-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8684-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8684-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8684-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_8684-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Photos and video by Jeffrey M Foster and Savannah Waggoner<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote data-secret=\"EYL8nL4ejj\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=2535\">Sun to power more of UCCS<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=2535&#038;embed=true#?secret=EYL8nL4ejj\" data-secret=\"EYL8nL4ejj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Sun to power more of UCCS&#8221; &#8212; UCCS Communique\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote data-secret=\"acD6727ozX\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=13867\">EPA recognizes campus for green power use<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=13867&#038;embed=true#?secret=acD6727ozX\" data-secret=\"acD6727ozX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;EPA recognizes campus for green power use&#8221; &#8212; UCCS Communique\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A new solar power system atop University Center and Gallogly Events Center will make Gallogly a \u201cnet zero\u201d power user. Installation of the system began Aug. 24 and is expected to be complete and generating <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=27436\" title=\"Campus to harness sun to power Gallogly Events Center\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-27436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-photo-features","tag-photo-feature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_8623.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-78w","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27436"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27537,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27436\/revisions\/27537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}