Multiple Pima County Libraries Receiving Solar Panel Shade Structures

New solar shade structures will be installed at multiple County libraries as a part of Pima County’s Sustainable Action Plan, a plan in which the County hopes to receive 15{0b7da518931e2dc7f5435818fa9adcc81ac764ac1dff918ce2cdfc05099e9974} of electricity used by county facilities from renewable sources by 2025.  The initiative will see four libraries receive these new solar panel structures providing covered parking on their parking lots.  These libraries are Murphy-Wilmot Library, Eckstrom-Columbus Library, Wheeler Taft Abbett, Sr. Library and the Martha Cooper Library.  The panels at Martha Cooper Library will be ground mounted.  Installation of the first set of panels began this week at Murphy-Wilmot Library and is expected to take about a month to complete, during which time many of the libraries parking spaces will be closed off.  Panels were also installed at Nanini Library in 2016.  The panels will be installed by the SOLON Corporation, a contractor who has done many of the County’s solar installations.

Pima County Solar Installation (Image: SOLON)

According to Pima County, the solar panel construction will have no up-front costs and will save taxpayers and estimated 20-50{0b7da518931e2dc7f5435818fa9adcc81ac764ac1dff918ce2cdfc05099e9974} in energy costs.  If you would like to view Pima County’s sustainable action plan, you can locate that here.  It is definitely great to see the county working towards a renewable energy goal through the installation of these panels that will not only provide these libraries renewable electricity, but help make getting back into your car after a trip to the library a bit more bearable.  As always, let us know what you think of these solar canopy installations in the comments below!