Step out onto the Rooftop Garden and look up! St. Philip’s Academy is home to 6 solar panels. These panels provide a place for the sun’s energy to be absorbed and to therefore use this energy in a number of ways: a light fixture, a computer or a smart board in the classroom!

Our solar panels are an integral part of the on-line energy monitoring system. Three TV monitors (on the 1st and 4th floors as well as the dining hall) provide a real time picture of energy usage and generation at St. Philip’s Academy. It is easy to see for example, when the elevator is running. Students are able to see the difference in energy production from the solar panels on sunny versus cloudy days. This information is also available to our classrooms via the internet and is a part of our science curriculum.