This authors starts off by telling how important energy is and how much we, as humans, use energy with everything we do. Then the articles shifts into talking about how the University of Southampton is really making changes to its campus and trying to become a green campus. While trying to become a green campus, the university encountered a problem. Since the existing buildings on the campus are so old, when they were built a long time ago they weren’t built to be energy-efficient buildings. Therefore, the authors decided to select two types of systems and heat pumps. Those are photovoltaic (PV) systems and heat pumps (Kalkan 2011). First, they had to do research on the PVs to see exactly what they are capable of and their energy-consumption rates. During their research, they found that they could use solar radiation. “Solar radiation is an infinite energy source. In fact, it has the highest percentage of energy when compared to other types of renewable sources. Other renewable sources such as wind and wave energy are even derived from it" (Kalkan 2011). Once the group finished with their research, they were able to see results in their findings. The PVs and the heat pumps were a good idea. This project has investigated the technical and feasibility aspects of designing an off-grid PV system that is capable of generating as much as possible of the electrical demands of the Highfield Campus (Kalkan 2011).
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Kalkan, N., Bercin, K., Cangul, O., Morales, M., Saleem, M., Marji, I., Metaxa, Tsigkogianni, E. (2011). A renewable energy solution for highfield campus of the university of southampton. 15(6), 2940-2959.
