RCDS Goes Solar

Monday, 05 December 2011 16:26

Rye Country Day students gathered round Headmaster Scott Nelson, at right, for the ribbon cutting launching the school’s new solar system.Rye Country Day Headmaster Scott Nelson, students, faculty, and parent members of the environmental committee were on hand for the unveiling of the school’s new solar system November 4. The 24-kilowatt system consists of 96 solar panels, the environmental equivalent of recycling 450,000 cans of soda, planting 1,600 trees, and taking three cars off the road this year. The system was installed by Mercury Solar, which is headquartered in Port Chester.

— Photo by Robin Jovanovich