{"id":15589,"date":"2013-05-03T10:58:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T16:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15589"},"modified":"2013-05-03T10:58:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T16:58:05","slug":"solar-st-louis-new-moon-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/solar-st-louis-new-moon-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar in St. Louis: The US' First Restaurant Roof Made Entirely of Solar Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Solar in St. Louis<\/a>” is a new occasional series digging into the many solar projects and installations creating clean, renewable energy right here in da Lou’…<\/em><\/p>\n

Solar panels on the roof<\/a>: no big news there, right? That’s how you do it in most cases. How about a roof made from solar panels, though? No, we’re not talking about solar shingles<\/a> or other roofing materials that harvest power from the sun: rather, we’re talking about a roof made only<\/em> from solar panels. Yes, this exists: the New Moon Room, a new bar and dining space at the Moonrise Hotel<\/a> on the University City Loop, features the first restaurant roof in the US made from solar panels… and nothing else.<\/p>\n

This canopy roof over the space doesn’t just collect energy from sunlight: it also lets that light in. Contractor\u00a0Microgrid Solar<\/a> used “translucent, frameless solar panels” (which are manufactured by Colorado-based company Lumos<\/a>) that allow light “to peek through,” according to CEO Rick Hunter. The effect (as I saw last night at a press premiere of the space) is really unique, as you can see in the images above and below.<\/p>\n

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OK, it looks nice… but does it actually harvest a useful amount of energy? In short, yes: the 25.6 kilowatt array will produce around 33,000 kWh of electricity a year. That translates into enough to not only power the New Moon Room itself, but also the hotel’s top two floors, according to Microgrid President and Principal Engineer Marc Lopata.<\/p>\n

The New Moon Room will open to the public next week; if you’re out on the Loop, stop in to have a drink and check the new roof out. And, of course, come back and tell us what you thought.<\/p>\n

Image credits:<\/strong> Jeff McIntire-Strasburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Moonrise Hotel in University City is pretty unique overall, but the new solar canopy roof over the New Moon Room is the first in the US for a restaurant roof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":15591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[15,6417,6418,6419,6,6420,12],"yoast_head":"\nNew Solar Roof is First in the Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The solar canopy roof over the New Moon Room at St Louis' Moonrise Hotel is the first in the nation for a restaurant roof.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/solar-st-louis-new-moon-room\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New 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