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Some segments of the travel industry have been using this time to become more sustainable - MSN
It’s hot on the roof of the Mandalay Bay resort, which is exactly why Mark Campbell has climbed over wires, around partitions, and through hidden access points to get up here.
The last door opens onto the largest contiguous rooftop solar array in the United States: 26,000 solar panels across 28 acres atop the resort’s convention center. They can produce 8.3 megawatts, enough to power 8,300 homes — or a quarter of the energy consumed by the sprawling Mandalay Bay at peak usage.
“The benefit of being in southern Nevada is we have a lot of sun,” said Campbell, who installed these panels as executive director of sustainability for Mandalay Bay parent MGM Resorts before moving on to a similar job with the local school district.
It’s hot on the roof of the Mandalay Bay resort, which is exactly why Mark Campbell has climbed over wires, around partitions, and through hidden access points to get up here.
The last door opens onto the largest contiguous rooftop solar array in the United States: 26,000 solar panels across 28 acres atop the resort’s convention center. They can produce 8.3 megawatts, enough to power 8,300 homes — or a quarter of the energy consumed by the sprawling Mandalay Bay at peak usage.
“The benefit of being in southern Nevada is we have a lot of sun,” said Campbell, who installed these panels as executive director of sustainability for Mandalay Bay parent MGM Resorts before moving on to a similar job with the local school district.