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.

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In 2008, the District’s first solar photovoltaic project was installed at LAUSD's Pico Rivera Warehouse. This rooftop installation has the production capacity of one megawatt (MW) of energy, which is enough energy to power more than 160 homes for a year.

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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Click on school name below to see real-time energy production

Solar Production Dashboards Balboa Gifted Magnet Banneker Special Ed Bellingham PC Byrd MS Chavez Learning Acad Chatsworth HS Cleveland HS East Valley HS Elizabeth LC Fulton College Prep Griffith-Joyner ES Gage MS Grant HS Hesby Oaks School Legacy STEAM Maywood Academy HS Mosk ES Narbonne HS Porter Ranch School Reseda HS Romer MS Roybal-Allard ES San Fernando MS San Fernando HS San Pedro HS South Gate HS Southeast MS Southeast HS Sun Valley MS Sylmar Learning Acad Taft HS Poindexter-Lamotte ES Polytechnic HS Venice HS Vista MS Washington Prep HS Westchester HS HS White MS Willow ES

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Total Solar Energy Generated to Date:

139.9 million kilowatt hours generated to date from 59 campuses and 5 admin sites

104,079 metric tons of carbon dioxide have been avoided to date

Total kWh generated equals powering 11,234 average US homes for 1 year 

Total carbon dioxide avoided equals driving 22,279 passenger vehicles for a year

Total carbon dioxide avoided equals burning 11,707,161 gallons of gasoline

Total carbon dioxide avoided equals the work of 122,591 acres of pine forest