In July 2007, the Harvard Forest installed a 10.2 kW, 60 panel photovoltaic array near their garage. The PV array supplies enough energy to run the garage and is tied to the rest of the campus for when it generates excess energy. The system's monthly performance is available online.
Organic materials like food scraps, yard clippings, and paper products make up more than 2/3rds the solid waste stream in the U.S. Some departments at Harvard are composting--find out where.
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