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produces in the future. That’s because the price of coal is rising, so the company can resell
the university’s power without having to spend as much money on coal.

Business with University with
windmills solar cells

UWRF and other
organizations with
sustainable power sources
are able to sell excess
energy to the local power
Power company company.

The utility can then sell the
power to homes and
businesses without
sustainable power. This
reduces the amount of PART IV
fossil fuels the utility must
Residences buy.
Additionally, local companies who are adopting sustainable energy solutions are able to
sell their excess electricity back to the co-op. The more local businesses sell to the co-op, the
less coal the nonprofit needs to buy.

Monitoring
The university is working with the community’s residents as well as its organizations. It has
a number of remote sites that track performance—in real time—of various metrics.
For example, one farmer with a windmill is generating power for his home. The
university is able to tap into the data coming from his windmill so it can study windmill
performance.

Sustainability
The University Center is an important indication of the university’s commitment to the
environment. However, the impetus behind building the center was an issue of the school
“walking the walk.”