{"id":164675,"date":"2022-09-06T14:29:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T00:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=164675"},"modified":"2022-09-06T14:29:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T00:29:14","slug":"pv-umbrellas-shade-power-at-life-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/06\/pv-umbrellas-shade-power-at-life-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"PV<\/abbr> umbrellas provide shade, power at Life Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The Life Sciences Building, the newest facility on the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa campus, now features shaded outdoor space where students can study comfortably and charge their laptops and smartphones, day and night.<\/p>\n

Five photovoltaic (PV<\/abbr>) powered umbrella, table and bench systems have been installed in the building courtyard. Each system is designed to accommodate four people with four waterproof AC<\/abbr> outlets, four wireless charging stations and lighting. The 9-kilowatt system includes self-sufficient batteries able to power twenty laptops at a time, no matter the time of day. One of the tables is wheelchair accessible.<\/p>\n

The university is considering expanding on the $100,000 pilot project and providing similar outdoor study spaces on campus. Recent student surveys identified a desire for more outdoor study spaces with access to power.<\/p>\n

The project is a modest step forward in the UH<\/abbr> 10-campus system goal of net-zero energy by 2035. Net-zero energy is when the energy generated is more than the energy consumed. UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa completed installation of a PV<\/abbr> array canopy over the lower campus parking structure<\/a> in August 2022 that is scheduled to be fully operational by December 2022.<\/p>\n

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Each PV<\/abbr> system is designed to accommodate four people with four waterproof AC<\/abbr> outlets, four wireless charging stations and lighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[1359,1314,672,73,9],"class_list":["post-164675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-energy","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-renewable-energy","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t