Tour of Crowne Plaza Solar Array & Curiosity Lab - Hosted by Sol Haroon
(ON SITE MEETING LOCATION - Crowne Plaza, Atlanta NE)
Sol Haroon (EE) is a consulting instructor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and in sustainable architecture and renewables. He is the Technical Director of Renewables at McKim & Creed. As an electrical engineer and as a graduate of Georgia Tech’s High Performance Building Lab, he specializes in photovoltaic systems and renewable power systems by serving clients and by teaching. As a NABCEP Certified PV Professional, he is a published author and a long-standing member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He has worked for many years in the solar field including 3 years at Suniva, Inc, an American solar manufacturing firm, where he led the system’s architecture team including the design and commissioning of multi-Megawatt systems. He was a key engineer for the design of the PV+ESS system for Georgia Tech’s Living Building (KBISD). He has also been a consulting instructor in the electrical engineering department at Georgia Tech where he has taught graduate students in PV and renewable power systems. In addition to his professional roles, he was a volunteer teacher and organizer of a green collar training program for electrical work and PV installation for underserved communities in east Atlanta.
Presentation Description:
Join AEE for an exciting two-part tour. First on our list, we will get lunch at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta NE. Sol Haroon, who designed the array for the hotel, will give us a presentation on the Crowne Plaza's large rooftop solar array, including details on how it was conceived, designed, and how it is performing after construction. Attendees will have an opportunity to see the array from an observation lounge and tour the electrical room where it is interconnected to the building.
After this presentation, the group will travel 5 minutes up the road to get a special tour of the Curiosity Lab in Peachtree Corners
The Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners is a city owned and operated living laboratory designed specifically as a proving ground for technology that has "graduated" from a closed laboratory environment. It consists of a 5G-enabled 3-mile autonomous vehicle test track and smart city infrastructure located within an existing 500-acre technology park where thousands of people and vehicles interact with the test track and smart city technology every day.
Technology companies of all sizes are invited to test, demo and deploy new concepts. Curiosity Lab is a unique public private partnership that was created as an economic development tool to attract technology companies and to help them grow. Curiosity Lab is one of North America's only real-world testing environments and is available for use free of charge. Innovators utilizing Curiosity Lab today include early-stage tech startups, Fortune 500 companies and academic researchers.
WE ASK THAT YOU RSVP FOR THIS EVENT BY 12:00 PM EST ON 9/24 TO GUARANTEE A LUNCH IS ORDERED FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN ATTENDANCE.
