View Of White House Solar Panels

In 1979 president jimmy carter chose a loftier venue.

View of white house solar panels. It all started back in 1979 when then president jimmy carter installed 32 solar panels on the white house roof. Today some of the original white house panels can be seen at museums in the united states and in china. In september 2010 a group of students from unity college presented white house officials with one of president carter s used solar panels to commemorate the administration s solar initiative. The white house itself harvests the power of the sun.

He wanted to show off a brand new array of 32 solar panels. But he wasn t the first president to take advantage of alternative forms of energy atop the living quarters at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. The white house was included in this mandate and solar panels were installed there in 2010. Press conferences at the white house tend to occur in predictable locations.

The panels were used to heat water for the first family and for water in the white house laundry. Solar photovoltaic panels and water heaters are installed on the building s roof. The briefing room the rose garden the south lawn. Former president carter s decision was certainly a symbolic one as the solar panels were installed during the 1979 oil crisis.

Jimmy james carter the 39 th president of the united states was the first president to install solar panels on the white house and he used them to heat the water for the staff kitchen. He didn t do it for the view over washington d c.