Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Forest Center / Woddstock, VT

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Forest Center

“The Forest Center represents a marriage of sustainability and craftsmanship. It is a reminder of the fertile relationship between art, environment, and technology, when thoughtful building practices and innovations are enriched by human- scale design and hand-built quality ”

Rolf Diamant, Park Superintendent

The Forest Center, a classroom and meeting space is constructed with wood harvested from a nearby forest, is being considered for LEED Gold status. The center is largely self sufficient from an energy standpoint using a wood-fired boiler for heat and a 6.1 kW grid-tied solar electric system.

Installation Type Sloped Roof Solar Array
Location Woddstock, VT
Type of Panel SunPower 205
Date Completed Dec 1969
Type of Inverter SunPower 6000M
System Size 6.10 kW
Power Generated (annual) 100,000 kWh
PV Surface Area 400 sq. ft.
1st Year Savings $975

  • Reduces CO2 emissions 176,900 lbs. over the life of the system

  • Equivalent to planting 823 trees

  • This is the same as eliminating 190,100 driving miles

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  • The Forest Center represents a marriage of sustainability and craftsmanship. It is a reminder of the fertile relationship between art, environment, and technology, when thoughtful building practices and innovations are enriched by human- scale design and hand-built quality

    Rolf Diamant, Park Superintendent