Pittwater High School NSW
For their
adventurous Solar Panel Project.
This adventurous project will involve setting up a thousand solar panels to power the school. Pittwater High would become a Power Station through energy self-sufficiency via the renewable energy of the sun. Energy will be uploaded into the state grid during non-school days, representing 45% of the year (163 days), including 40 days of peak solar summer time.
The motivation behind the project is to demonstrate to all Australians that today we can begin the switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources and immediately start to make a difference for the future world our children will inherit from us in the next 20 to 40 years. If a school can reduce its carbon footprint and become renewable energy self-sufficient then so can a hospital, a factory, a multi-storey building, a shopping centre or any carbon sourced power user.
Past winners
Our March Climate Change Matters Award
To:
Storm Holwill
of Marist Regional College Burnie
For winning First Prize in The BHP Billiton National Science Awards for 2008.
Storm's research entitled "Just a Drop in the Ocean" looks at the sequestration of carbon dioxide in marine ponds to promote the growth of algae which is then processed as a bio-fuel.
Storm's research can be found here. "Just a Drop In The Ocean"
Our January Climate Change Matters Award
To:
| Tom Gray Mereki Garnett
Anthony Garagounis Matt Coggan of Mypower.org.au for their inspirational actions to make Australians aware of sustainable living and to power their lives more effectively. These guys are cycling 16000 km around Australia in 2008 and they invite you to commit to their challenge by accepting one of their monthly options. All you need to do is to visit their website and take on one of their challenges or submit one of your own. Well done guys. Your commitment will help to change Australian habits. |
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| "Your Challenge In our quest over the next 12 months to help the environment we encourage you to support MYPOWER on our journey around Australia by committing to one or more of the challenges below. Once you commit to a challenge we will confirm that we have received it by sending you an email. Each month from then on we will send you an email to remind you to select a new challenge or challenges for the coming month. We will also email you quarterly to update you on how our challenge is progressing." |