Yale's Kroon Hall Becomes Carbon Neutral

Kroon Hall at Yale, its School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, is one of the first US buildings to become carbon neutral. It only uses about half the energy of any comparable building and has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 62%. The $33.5 million edifice gets 26% of its electricity from a 100KW rooftop photovoltaic array and uses advanced solar shading to lower its energy usage.

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