{"id":3759,"date":"2026-07-21T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:08:53","slug":"a-brighter-campus-is-taking-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/a-brighter-campus-is-taking-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brighter Campus is Taking Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">You may notice construction in a few areas of campus this year, but it&#8217;s all part of an exciting investment in Ohio Wesleyan&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Beginning this summer, crews are installing more than <strong>10,400 solar panels<\/strong> across campus, along with wildflower gardens beneath many of the ground-mounted arrays to support local pollinators. Fencing will surround active work areas to keep everyone safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">This fall, installation will continue with solar carport canopies in seven campus parking lots. Once the project is complete in fall 2027, the system is expected to generate <strong>8.2 million kilowatt-hours of clean energy each year<\/strong>\u2014reducing the University&#8217;s carbon emissions from purchased electricity by approximately <strong>82%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">As a new Bishop, you&#8217;ll be part of a campus that&#8217;s investing in innovative solutions with lasting environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Learn more at <strong>owu.edu\/solar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsoring Office:<\/strong> OWU Facilities<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:facilities@owu.edu\">facilities@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may notice construction in a few areas of campus this year, but it&#8217;s all part of an exciting investment in Ohio Wesleyan&#8217;s future. Beginning this summer, crews are installing more than 10,400 solar panels across campus, along with wildflower gardens beneath many of the ground-mounted arrays to support local pollinators. Fencing will surround active [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[519,520,521,522,523],"class_list":["post-3759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-students","tag-solar","tag-energy","tag-panels","tag-arrays","tag-future-investment"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3760,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3759\/revisions\/3760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newatowu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}