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Get Help Going Solar

Assistance for your solar school

Get Help Going Solar

Understanding the unique needs of schools/districts looking to go solar, we created the solar for all schools help desk. Find resources, case studies, and tools to learn more about solar and ask us a question.

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Be a Spark for Solar at Your School

Step up and be a champion for solar at your schools. With a wealth of resources, we help you get started right in your own community.

Use our Solar Schools Campaign Toolkit as a step-by-step guide for advocating for solar at your school/district. Once you have buy-in to go solar, use our How-to Guide for the solar development process, including an introduction to solar financing for schools.

Solar Schools Campaign Toolkit ⟶How-to Guide For Schools ⟶

Get Inspired by School Success Stories

Preparing a Clean Energy Generation

With more than 250 solar installations either completed or underway, NYC DOE and its partners leveraged these projects to provide STEM learning and vocational training to students.
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It’s time for more schools to go solar

Across the U.S., more than 7,300 K-12 schools now rely on clean solar energy to power their operations. That’s up 81 percent from just five years ago, and represents 5.5 percent of all elementary and secondary schools in the country. Read more in the latest edition of Generation180’s Brighter Future: A Study on Solar in U.S. Schools.
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Anchoring Schools as Heart of the Community with Energy Resilience

Capps’ initial proposals for solar were integrated into a comprehensive energy resilience plan after Santa Barbara County was devastated by wildfires and subsequent mudslides in January 2018. The district found itself playing an important role in the community during that natural disaster, and it began to plan how it could keep operating school buildings during future power outages.
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Energy Savings Reap Investments in Teacher Pay and Education

The district has reduced its energy consumption by 1.6 million kWh per year and expects a net savings of over $4 million over 20 years from the solar energy generation, energy conservation and water efficiency upgrades. A portion of the energy savings is going back to the teachers as pay raises averaging $2,000 to $3,000 per year and up to $9,000 per year for some long-time employees.
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Solar on the Rise at Nationwide Schools

National Census and Report

Solar on the Rise at Nationwide Schools

The Brighter Future report is a comprehensive study on the current state of solar schools around the country, identifying the schools that use solar power and providing insights into the challenges and opportunities communities face. Using the report data, we created an interactive map to make it easy to search for schools near you that have gone solar.

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Mapping the Solar Schools Movement

We have the most comprehensive database of solar schools in the country. Click on your state to find out how your state ranks for installed solar capacity on schools and number of solar schools. Click on the “School View” button below to find a solar school near you and learn more about that solar installation.

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The map shows the solar schools identified in our national census report through the end of 2019. Help us keep our database updated by adding your solar school.

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