Rhode Island College is one of many colleges in the state of Rhode Island, located on a 180-acre campus. While walking around campus glancing at the building surrounding yourself what do you see? When giving the topic to of what improvement Rhode Island College could make to better itself, finding a problem wasn’t difficult.Taking an architecture class during high school I developed a habit of whenever I walk around a new area I tend to see what can potentially be improved within the building surrounding me. When I walk around campus I see many flat roofs that aren't being used to full potential. In 2017 we’re still destroying the planet by using fossil fuel, creating more carbon dioxide, by burning oil, coal and gas. This causes a huge problem in today's world if we keep using the process of burning fossils as a form of electricity, gas etc.. we will end up destroying the planet we live on. By Rhode Island College creating a 5-10 year plan I believe we can be completely running on energy created by solar panels. …show more content…
A solar panel can be used for many things, but the biggest thing is used for capturing the sun's energy in order to make it useful provide energy to the house, buildings even be sold back to the city or town you live in etc.. It works by collecting the sunlight throughout the day, then converts into energy that's usable, then the electricity travels to the net meter then the energy is used for anything. When having the solar panel on a roof you can use it for personal use or even sell it back to the electrical company and they’ll pay you. There are about 73,000 terawatts of energy shining down that's 10,000 times then what we use on daily bases. Perks of having solar panels it's a tax 30% tax write off, doesn’t need any fuel combustion, Securing your energy and not depending on National