Institutions with buildings spread across large acres of land need special design considerations. Many times each building may also have its own meter as well.  The typical configurations that can be used are that of a Local MicroGrid, Network of StandAlone systems, Distributed Solar with Centralized Storage or Centralized Solar with Distributed Storage patterns.

The proper sizing and the right design pattern of such systems can widely enhance efficiency (or increase losses) of the system and also has to cater to existing internal accounting methods.