Facilities and Equipment
Solar Site
The Center for Energy Research’s Solar Site is located on the corner of Flamingo Road and Swenson Street, at the northwest corner of UNLV’s main campus. This site houses two flat-panel Amonix concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems and a 100-kV solar dish. This site also has a Façade Evaluation Facility, where windows, built-in photovoltaics (BIPV) systems, and other building components can be experimentally studied.
Thomas Beam Engineering (TBE) Building
The TBE building is one of two main buildings at UNLV’s main campus that house the College of Engineering. Up on the rooftop of TBE is a small test station for solar research.
Science and Engineering Building (SEB)
The SEB is one of two main buildings at UNLV’s main campus that house the College of Engineering. Along with the TBE rooftop, the rooftop of SEB as well as a lab within the build is a site for solar research.
