Solar White House Roof

1979 carter installs first solar panels.

Solar white house roof.

Solar on the white house roof on june 20 1979 the white house press corps was led up a back stairway through an unmarked door and onto the roof of the west wing. The white house is no stranger to the benefits of solar and has had solar systems in place since 1979. The first solar panels were placed on the white house more than 30 years earlier by jimmy carter and removed by the very next administration george w. In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria.

In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house. Technicians have finished installing solar panels on the white house roof capping a project that president obama hopes will send a signal that renewable energy is feasible and environmentally. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. Solar design associates designed and oversaw the installation which was placed on the roof of the main building used for white house grounds maintenance.

He predicted that solar could be a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the american people. 1979 32 solar thermal panels are installed on the roof of the white house by president jimmy carter. On america s path toward a clean energy future solar power is an increasingly important building block. President jimmy carter on the unveiling of his solar thermal panels in 1979.

It was a bright sunny day and the reporters to squint as they found seats shielding their eyes with handouts that had been placed earlier on folding chairs facing the familiar presidential podium.