Brevard College Receives Solar-thermal Seed-money Grant

Brevard College recently received a $5,000 grant from the Katherine Preyer Foundation.

The funds will be used as seed-money to attract matching grants that will allow the College to establish a solar-thermal heating system for the A.G. Myers Dining Hall. The dining hall, which feeds more than 250,000 students, faculty, staff and community members each year, is currently the largest user of hot water in Transylvania County.

“The total cost of converting the cafeteria will be about $75,000 so we view this as a first baby step toward heating all hot water on campus from renewable energy,” said Brevard College Associate Professor of Geology Jim Reynolds, who wrote the winning grant proposal. “This is entirely consistent with the College’s mission statement and the ’08-’09 campus theme: Sustainability, Awareness Into Action. I hope we will see additional support for this important initiative to blossom rapidly.”

For more information about contributing to the solar-thermal project, please contact the Office of Institutional Development at 828.884.8218.