LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Fast Facts
Structures -- Five Haven solar shelters with lighting, performance data monitoring, wheelchair access, and signs
Places -- The Havens are all around campus in places students gather, like outside the ice cream shop.
Bigger Picture -- LSU’s Institute of Energy Innovation is conducting research into how Louisiana can transition to a cleaner energy future, with solar as a focus. The Havens will provide test data, hands-on learning, and an experiential aspect to this project.
Spotlight Partners -- ODP Business Solutions | Workspace Interiors, and OMNIA Partners purchasing cooperative.
“The Havens are very attractive and provide fun places for our students to study and socialize. They also speak to the future of energy by showcasing solar power and providing data that our students and professors can use in both the classroom and research projects. We love the Havens’ combination of great aesthetics, functionality, and academic usefulness. Spotlight Solar has been a great partner for LSU in this project.”
Brad Ives, Executive Director, Institute for Energy Innovation
Project overview
As part of a broader research initiative, The Sun and a Sustainable Future in Louisiana, Haven solar shelters are helping students explore how solar energy and storage fits into a community-scale energy transition to a more sustainable future. And they make LSU’s leadership in energy innovation tangible.
Five new Haven solar shelters by Spotlight Solar draw students into interactions with clean energy. And they provide hands-on learning opportunities with data on energy production and use.
With funding from the Institute for Energy Innovation, LSU has installed Havens across campus – offering students solar-powered shade, charging for devices, and a hands-on learning space for clean energy education.
Dr. Arup Bhattacharya, Assistant Professor, shared the goals for how the Haven solar shelters will contribute to the project as LSU’s explores a solar deployment framework for energy transition…
engage students in experiential learning, modeling sustainable energy transition
collect data to simulate the solar potential in urban Louisiana
assess aspects of the future of a distributed grid from the management, maintenance, and security aspects
Oh, and provide a great place for lunch, study, and ice cream breaks.
