NOOSA SCHOOLS RACE TO ZERO LAUNCH
Schools across the Noosa Shire are utilising their real time energy data to learn about energy efficiency through Zero Emissions Noosa’s exciting initiative Race to Zero. The program was officially launched at Tewantin State school on Wednesday October 7th, 2020 by State MP Sandy Bolton and Mayor Clare Stewart.
L-R ZEN Project Co-ordinator Dalia Mikhail, Noosa Mayor Claire Stewart, student, Local State Member Sandy Bolton, Principal
“Schools are high energy consumers and the chance to curb wasteful energy use is important to the goal of reducing emissions across Noosa shire. The lessons learnt in school are taken home making this a highly valuable project for household back pockets as well as school bottom lines”
Participating school have access to their real time energy consumption and solar production data for use in the maths and science curriculum. Utilising the www.solarschools.net platform and the Planet Watch App, the program engages students through a detailed look at how their real energy decisions at school impact on consumption and emissions. Exploring the data in the classroom is an exciting way to bring life to the energy curriculum.
Noosa schools are invited to participate in Term 4 2020,
Contact ZEN to organise a free training session in the use of this data in the curriculum.
You can download the media release here.
“Let’s curb our wasteful energy behaviours and give meaning to the energy curriculum through real time data.”
You can scroll through the live data for Tewantin State School below. You can see live data from other Noosa schools here.