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De Anza College — the measured anchor

Instrumented campus · ground truth for the statewide screen

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Where it sits on the confidence ladder

Every TowerWatch number is tagged by how it was known. De Anza is the top rung.

Measured
Instrumented telemetry — De Anza campus + the RMI hospital. Real meters, real intervals.
Modeled
Empirical CALMAC/CEUS/EULP archetypes + the De Anza→CC archetype. Ranks below measured.
Screening
The statewide composite. Flags zones to investigate — not a siting decision.

Solar reality: the fleet runs far below nameplate

PV array2024 availabilityOutage days

Campus load — measured, and back to normal

The grid meter starts mid-2021; 2022–2024 recovered to the 2019 baseline, so the magnitude is normal (no COVID upward correction needed).

YearAnnual grid import (kWh)Peak demand (kW)Load factor

The economics driver: a $40.96/kW demand charge

Kirsch Center — the showcase building

What the engine builds here (measured-confidence sizing)

From one campus to 116