New York S08696 mandates the State University of New York to install solar canopies on its campuses.

New York S08696 amends the education law to require the State University of New York to install solar canopies on its campuses. The bill mandates that each institution calculate the total square kilometers occupied by parking facilities. The university trustees must then create a distributed solar energy goal for each institution, aiming for at least seventy-five percent of eligible parking facility space to be used for solar canopies by 2040. Any construction project involving parking facilities must include solar canopies unless the seventy-five percent goal has already been met.

New York S08696 mandates the State University of New York to install solar canopies on its campuses.

New York S08696 amends the education law to require the State University of New York to install solar canopies on its campuses. The bill mandates that each institution calculate the total square kilometers occupied by parking facilities. The university trustees must then create a distributed solar energy goal for each institution, aiming for at least seventy-five percent of eligible parking facility space to be used for solar canopies by 2040. Any construction project involving parking facilities must include solar canopies unless the seventy-five percent goal has already been met.