USING EQUIPMENT DONATED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (UVM) BY SANDIA NATIONAL LABS AND THE DOE, AND WITH SUPPORT FROM THE BURLINGTON ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT, THIS PROJECT’S OBJECTIVE IS TO PERFORM THE INSTALLATION OF THIS DONATED SOLAR ARRAY AT THE UVM SITE. THE PROJECT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE CONSISTS OF A SINGLE BUDGET PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS LIMITED TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE DONATED SANDIA PANELS AND IS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT, WHICH HAS ALREADY STARTED AND IS UNDERWAY AT UVM, TO BUILD A NEW SOLAR RESEARCH CORE FACILITY THAT WILL ALLOW MULTIPLE UVM FACULTY RESEARCHERS, GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO UNDERTAKE YEAR-ROUND SOLAR RESEARCH. THE INSTALLED SANDIA ARRAY WILL BE PART OF THIS FACILITY.