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Chinquapin School, a non-profit college-preparatory school that provides high-quality education to youth from low-income families in the Greater Houston area, is generating its own clean electricity. Thanks to members of the Big Texas Sun Club®, a 3.2 kW solar array is now mounted on the school’s LEED-certified faculty duplex, which was designed by Chinquapin students to serve as a model for sustainable design. The Green Mountain Energy® Solar at Chinquapin School is expected to produce enough pollution-free electricity to power approximately 30% of the building’s annual electrical usage, and should help offset nearly 8,300 lbs. of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year. That’s the environmental equivalent of turning off all the lights in nearly 2,400 houses for a day!