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"Hillsboro has demonstrated environmental leadership that goes above and beyond even the high standards we expect in Oregon."

- Peggy Fowler, PGE's CEO and President

 

 

Washington State School for the Blind

Project Partners:
Clark Public Utilities, Washington State School for the Blind, Terra Architecture PC
Location:
Vancouver, WA
Capacity:
13.5 kW
Type of Power:
Solar
Placed into Service:
August 2003

Project Links:
The Ogden Resource Center
Washington State School for the Blind

The Ogden Resource center is a new building on the Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB) campus. It serves as Washington's K-12 instructional resource center for blind and visually impaired children. The building integrates many sustainable elements, including the only modular earthroof on the west coast, photovoltaic solar, daylighting, onsite stormwater management, and a bioswale planter. No other Washington state-owned building has a system of this nature. The state of Washington uses photovoltaics in several applications, mainly on roadway projects and remote installations. The Ogden Resource center serves as a test for large scale, state-owned buildings.

The system is currently one of the largest building-dedicated systems in the Northwest, based on kW of power generated per square feet of building space. BEF purchases the Green Tags from the school and sells them to Clark County PUD and other Green Tag customers. WSSB provides the community with a renewable source of electricity and offsets some of its operating expenses with the money earned from the sale.

 

 

 
Technical Details

Product Supplied:
Green Tags for sale to Clark PUD and other BEF Green Tag customers and electricity to offset WSSB’s own use of utility power.

Equipment:

90 Shell 150-Watt panels, SMA SunnyBoy SWR2500 inverter with 485 module for data communication, SMA SunnyBoy control device