SUNY Adirondack, as part of the State
University of New York’s Green Initiative, is
off the electrical grid, at least when it comes
to providing solar lighting for a portion of its
south parking lot, college officials said.
The college’s facilities staff, under the
design and direction of Assistant Director of
Facilities Frank Jelley, built and installed a
solar lighting project to illuminate a section
of the south parking lot near the soccer field
at its Queensbury campus.
The lights were acquired by Facilities Director
Anthony Palangi.
Seven lights were installed, and the lighting
pattern covers approximately 21,000 square
feet. The project is completely off the grid
and no underground utilities were required,
according to officials.
The project cost approximately $53,500,
which went mostly for materials. But Jelley
said the college saved almost $45,000 by
procuring the solar lights through New York
state contract and designing and installing the
project in-house.
Plans call for more such lights to be installed
as funds become available.