The White House Solar Panels

Two smaller solar thermal systems were also installed to heat water.

The white house solar panels.

The fate of the panels is even more poignant by the fact that on the day of their installation on the white house roof president carter stated. Today the group of buildings housing the presidency is known as the white house complex. Obama reinstalls solar on white house for first time in 40 years. In 2013 president barack obama had a set of solar panels installed on the roof of the white house making it the first time solar power would be used for the president s living quarters.

Solar photovoltaic panels and water heaters are installed on the building s roof. President barack obama s decision in 2010 to install white house solar panels pleased environmentalists. But he wasn t the first president to take advantage of alternative forms of energy atop the living quarters at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. In 2003 solar photovoltaic panels were installed at the white house.

The white house itself harvests the power of the sun. It all started back in 1979 when then president jimmy carter installed 32 solar panels on the white house roof. One for landscape maintenance personnel the other for the presidential pool and spa. In 2013 in response to calls from the solar industry obama announced that solar panels would be installed on the roof of the white house for the first time since carter installed the first panels in 1979.