Developed by New York-based Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology (Smit), the Solar Ivy technology, which is made up of bespoke PV panel “leaves” wired through an inverter into a grid-connected system, will be used to construct a 74-square-metre installation with a nameplate capacity of 3.5kW.

The $42,000 pilot, now in the schematic design phase, stemmed from the university’s Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund, a student-led scheme to finance campus projects that have a positive environmental impact and help educate the student body in developing “earth-conscious” habits.

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