White House Gets Solar Panels

In response to the economic crisis created by the arab oil embargo and the nation s growing dependence on foreign oil president jimmy carter called for a comprehensive campaign to conserve energy.

White house gets solar panels.

The white house gets solar panels 1979. A new construction project is underway at the white house and it s not a new bedroom for dignitaries or improvements to the bowling alley it s a fresh new set of solar panels. It all started back in 1979 when then president jimmy carter installed 32 solar panels on the white house roof. But he wasn t the first president to take advantage of alternative forms of energy atop the living quarters at 1600 pennsylvania avenue.

Share find us on. White house gets solar panels. The white house first announced in october 2010 that it planned to install solar panels on the roof. As we move towards a clean energy economy the white house will lead by example then.

He set an example during his administration by promoting the use of solar energy by installing solar. The panels were used to heat water for the first family and for water in the white house laundry and cafeteria. White house roof gets solar panels until a republican president takes them off barack obama threw a bone to the hippies today by announcing his plan to place solar panels on the. Solar panels on the white house during the carter administration.

08 15 2013 12 35 pm edt. The obama administration this week started to install solar panels on the white house roof almost three years after. Last week obama made good on his 2010 promise to bring solar panels back to the white house. Share on facebook share on twitter share on pinterest related.

In 1979 president carter installed solar panels on the white house that reagan later had removed. President barack obama s decision in 2010 to install white house solar panels pleased environmentalists. The white house gets solar panels.