Students from Southern Adventist University get a sneak peek at the new solar panel system on campus.
Nine months ago, there wasn’t a single solar panel at Southern Adventist University. Now there’s an 806-panel array converting sunlight into electricity destined for millions of homes.
The idea was seeded by Southern’s chapter of the international Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) organization, and early momentum was maintained primarily by just two members. Karla Coupland and Michael Daily spent more than 100 hours each on the project, conducting feasibility and vendor research, and meeting with multiple teams of administrators within the university.
The resulting project is the second largest solar panel system in the Chattanooga area. The system is a 200-kilowatt setup (second in size only to airport’s solar system) and includes more than 800 panels.