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HT Elevates its Sustainability Efforts with a Solar Recharging Station(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27 -- Huston-Tillotson University issued the following news release: Huston-Tillotson University's award-winning student organization Green is the New Black enhanced its sustainability efforts by securing a solar recharging station for campuswide use. The SolarPump, obtained through a partnership with Sol Design Lab, allows the University community to experience the future of renewable energy while charging popular student items as laptops, cell phones, iPods, or any device using a standard electric plug. Designed in 2011 by Sol Design Lab personnel with solar wiring by Maverick Solar, the SolarPump was created to help re-imagine the future of carbon-free cities, using the reclaimed body of a 1950s gas pump retrofitted with solar panels to harness solar energy. The unit was created with recycled scrap metal, uses two 175-watt solar panels, contains a 1100-watt inverter, outputs 110 volts to a standard outlet, and has a digital read out panel to show solar energy stored in the batteries and electricity used while charging electronic devices. Green is the New Black members worked in collaboration with The Dumpster Project, HT's leading education and research sustainability project, to secure the unit stationed at the entrance of the Dickey-Lawless Science Building after discovering similar concepts at outdoor events and on other college campuses. Huston-Tillotson University project partners include The Dumpster Project, Sol Design Lab, SXSW, Lighthouse Solar, and Exceltech. CC AutoTriage13cn-141028-30TagarumaMar-4915325 30TagarumaMar (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |