Photo of the Rooftop Solar Array at the District's Pico Rivera Warehouse
Solar Energy Initiative
LAUSD is committed to increasing our non-carbon based energy capacity through renewable energy sources. Current renewable energy systems on our campuses include solar and geothermal. As sunny Los Angeles provides an excellent environment for harnessing energy through solar panels, 59 campuses and 5 administrative sites have solar energy systems in place.
The generation capacity of solar panels is measured in kilowatts (kW). One megawatt (MW) is the same as 1,000 kW. Kilowatt hours (kWh) are how we measure the use of that capacity over time.
LAUSD has completed 67 total carport and rooftop arrays at 63 sites. In total, the sites have 21 MW of solar capacity, which is enough energy to power over 3,300 homes for one year. Did You Know . . .
Solar energy saves water, too? |
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Total Solar Energy Generated to Date:
157,279,000 kilowatt hours generated to date from 59 campuses and 5 admin sites
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117,050 metric tons of carbon dioxide have been avoided to date
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Equals the electricity use of 17,543 average US homes for 1 year
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Total carbon dioxide avoided equals driving 25,064 passenger vehicles for a year
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Total carbon dioxide avoided equals burning 13,170,891 gallons of gasoline
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Total carbon dioxide avoided equals the work of 137,868 acres of pine forest
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