People taking showers in Goshen College’s Roman Gingerich Recreation-Fitness Center will soon have the sun – and the Goshen College Physics Department – to thank for their warm water. Members of the Sun Shower Collective, consisting of GC students, faculty and staff, planned and are building solar panels to heat the water in the RFC.
The site of the solar panel structure, southwest of the RFC.The water storage tank before it was placed in the ground.The structure to hold the water storage tank, in progress.The crane that moved the storage tank into the ground.Removing the support beams from the structure to prepare for the tank.Sophomore Andrew Glick prepares the structure for the water tank.Removing the supports.Senior Isaac Yoder-Schrock makes adjustments to the water tank.Sophomore Andrew Glick (left), senior Isaac Yoder-Schrock (second from right) and Professor of Physics John Buschert (far right) helped contractors prepare the water storage tank to be moved by crane to a structure in the ground.From left to right, senior Isaac Yoder-Schrock, Sustainability Coordinator Glenn Gilbert and senior Joel Maust helped guide the water storage tank as a crane moved it into the ground.The almost-finished structure as of early November.The water tank, now fully in the ground.Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11Nov. 19, photo by Martin Brubaker ’11
