Photo: SOIL lab moves off grid with solar panels

Employees with Shaw Solar, from left, Micah Rieke, Nate Keil and Seth Britton, install solar panels at the SOIL lab’s grow dome Tuesday at Riverview Elementary School in Durango. Shaw Solar donated the materials and labor to install the panels, which will be connected to batteries and power seven ventilation fans, a circulation pump for a water feature and blowers that circulate air through the soil, said Charlie Love, Durango School District SOIL Lab Specialist. (Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald)