Name: Forest Park Middle School

Location: 925 Beloit Ave
Forest Park, IL 60130

Forest Park is a quiet school in a quiet town. The school district, however, has experienced the loud attention from solar schools projects for quite sometime now. With electricity provided by Commonwealth Edison, Forest Park is receiving some new attention. “We are so excited that Forest Park Middle Middle School has become our latest solar school project,” said Jana Jones, Environmental Education (K-12) Program Manager. “We are expecting big things from the team at Forest Park!”

About the System:

Size:  1 kW (1,020 watts)

Data:   Fat Spaniel

Number of Students:  325

Tilt/Degree:  40 degrees, stationary

Brand:  6,  SunTech PV panels rated at 170 watts each

Telephone:  (708) 366-5742

Contact:   Grace Finn     E mail:    gfinn@forestparkschools.org

Partners:  Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, Commonwealth Edison, Foundation for Environmental Education, and NEED

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