First Solar Panels On White House

All about president carter s energy policy.

First solar panels on white house.

Much of carter s domestic policy focused on issues related to energy. The building didn t use solar panels. Solar energy at the white house. Now let s take a look back at the june 1979 solar panel installation at the white house.

The national park service oversaw the installation of three solar energy systems on the white house grounds in 2002. Chapin et al s solar energy converting apparatus patented february 5 1957 u s. 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.

In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house. Bush installed a system on the grounds but they weren t technically on the white house roof itself. Instead solar was integrated into the rooftop. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency.

1979 carter installs first solar panels. Our staff is licensed and certified in all aspects of solar panel installation. Those first solar panels in the white house were installed by our 39th president jimmy carter. In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria.