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New partnership with the National Wildlife Federation
The HELiOS Project is pleased to announce a new partnership with the National Wildlife Federation’s ECO-Schools USA!
Eco-Schools is an internationally acclaimed program that provides a framework to help educators integrate sustainable principles throughout their schools and curriculum.
The HELiOS Project has focused on educating school districts about the benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy and demonstrating how to acquire those benefits in a way that improves a district’s financial health. By partnering with ECO-Schools USA, we can now reach out to students, their teachers, and parents to achieve even greater awareness of the benefits of conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable, locally generated electricity. Learn more...
Solar Master Plans for Public Schools
KyotoUSA and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are pleased to announce the release of the Solar Master Plans developed for Berkeley, Oakland, and West Contra Costa Unified School Districts. Browse the plans and documents for information on how your school district can acquire its own renewable energy systems and to see the schools and facilities in each district that are good solar candidates!
San Ramon Valley Unified installs 3.3 MW on 5 campuses (October 2011)
During the summer 2011, SunPower Corp. installed 3.3 MW of solar panels across 5 high school campuses and a middle school at San Ramon Unified School District. A number of the PV systems were installed in school parking lots providing welcome shade for students and faculty.
The catalyst for the project was a Monte Vista High School student who contacted KyotoUSA seeking help in getting solar installed at her school. Read her story here (134KB, pdf).
One School's Solar Project Fuels a Movement
In August 2008, KyotoUSA released a report, using Washington Elementary School as a case study, demonstrating that installing PV systems on schools leads to a quantifiable increase in jobs, boosts the local economy, reduces carbon dioxide and other harmful toxic air emissions and improves health. Watch a video about this exciting project. The study also shows that the electricity derived from the photovoltaic systems improves the long-term economic well-being of the school district. Download our study (5.4MB, pdf) to learn more.
