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.

View of white house solar panels.

The panels were used to heat water for the first family and for water in the white house laundry. The white house itself harvests the power of the sun. The briefing room the rose garden the south lawn. He didn t do it for the view over washington d c.

The panels can be seen at the smithsonian s national museum of american history in washington d c jimmy carter presidential library and museum in atlanta georgia and the solar science and technology museum in dezhou 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. Today some of the original white house panels can be seen at museums in the united states and in china. Press conferences at the white house tend to occur in predictable locations.

But he wasn t the first president to take advantage of alternative forms of energy atop the living quarters at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. In 1979 president jimmy carter chose a loftier venue. He wanted to show off a brand new array of 32 solar panels. 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.

Former president carter s decision was certainly a symbolic one as the solar panels were installed during the 1979 oil crisis. Solar photovoltaic panels and water heaters are installed on the building s roof.