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| "Just can't hide that Glenview pride!" |
Glenview Elementary Goes Solar!
Glenview’s principal, teachers and students alike are very excited about the new
photovoltaic array that has been in the process of installation since Spring Recess
2006. We were fortunate to be one of 20 schools in California in 2005 that PG&E
awarded a 1kW photovoltaic (PV) array that will produce electricity on site.
Click here to read an article by Sue Morgan, science teacher at Glenview: California
Teacher Sheds Light on Solar in Germany.
The following is an excerpt from another story in the Energy Seeds Journal by Sue
Morgan:
As the Science Prep teacher, I have all the students from 1st - 5th for a 50 minute
period once a week. During this school year I look forward to teaching all of my
students about the system and how it produces electricity AND reduces pollution at
the same time. This pole-mounted array creates a way for students to observe the
system components up close and personal, gaining a feel for how it works. The
system comes with an online monitoring program so that students can avail
themselves of real time AC generating figures and compare those to other schools
across the state, the nation and eventually the world. Our students are at the forefront
of a technology that is finally getting more attention and they will be able to explain to
their parents and grandparents the benefits of solar energy not just from a book or a
field trip, but because their school has a 1kW system that they experience everyday
and can monitor its production at any time on any computer. How cool is that! They can
compare amount of production along time continuums, (the 10AM vs. 2PM generation
figures) or with other systems within the PG&E Solar Schools family. They will be in
their own neighborhood, but be able to access a system just like theirs in another part
of the country/state/world. Talk about a virtual field trip.
How exciting to realize that we are producing our own clean/green electricity using the
sun. It is so exciting to me on many levels as it affords the opportunity to teach about
how solar energy can assist in increasing electricity production to PG&E at the same
time that we are reducing greenhouse emissions (CO2) into the atmosphere. With the
additional attention this year to global warming, high fuel prices, hybrid car mania,
weaving those stories into the solar array on our campus will truly allow students to
comprehend the necessity of clean energy. It is their future that we are talking about,
their water, air and land that need to be clean. I am also hoping to have families feel
comfortable in letting students bring in their home electricity usage figures and predict
where we can reduce some of those numbers. I would like to get students and their
families knowledgeable of a nation-wide effort to change ALL possible light bulbs in
their homes to low energy use bulbs.
Glenview’s principal, teachers and students alike are very excited about the new
photovoltaic array that has been in the process of installation since Spring Recess
2006. We were fortunate to be one of 20 schools in California in 2005 that PG&E
awarded a 1kW photovoltaic (PV) array that will produce electricity on site.
Click here to read an article by Sue Morgan, science teacher at Glenview: California
Teacher Sheds Light on Solar in Germany.
The following is an excerpt from another story in the Energy Seeds Journal by Sue
Morgan:
As the Science Prep teacher, I have all the students from 1st - 5th for a 50 minute
period once a week. During this school year I look forward to teaching all of my
students about the system and how it produces electricity AND reduces pollution at
the same time. This pole-mounted array creates a way for students to observe the
system components up close and personal, gaining a feel for how it works. The
system comes with an online monitoring program so that students can avail
themselves of real time AC generating figures and compare those to other schools
across the state, the nation and eventually the world. Our students are at the forefront
of a technology that is finally getting more attention and they will be able to explain to
their parents and grandparents the benefits of solar energy not just from a book or a
field trip, but because their school has a 1kW system that they experience everyday
and can monitor its production at any time on any computer. How cool is that! They can
compare amount of production along time continuums, (the 10AM vs. 2PM generation
figures) or with other systems within the PG&E Solar Schools family. They will be in
their own neighborhood, but be able to access a system just like theirs in another part
of the country/state/world. Talk about a virtual field trip.
How exciting to realize that we are producing our own clean/green electricity using the
sun. It is so exciting to me on many levels as it affords the opportunity to teach about
how solar energy can assist in increasing electricity production to PG&E at the same
time that we are reducing greenhouse emissions (CO2) into the atmosphere. With the
additional attention this year to global warming, high fuel prices, hybrid car mania,
weaving those stories into the solar array on our campus will truly allow students to
comprehend the necessity of clean energy. It is their future that we are talking about,
their water, air and land that need to be clean. I am also hoping to have families feel
comfortable in letting students bring in their home electricity usage figures and predict
where we can reduce some of those numbers. I would like to get students and their
families knowledgeable of a nation-wide effort to change ALL possible light bulbs in
their homes to low energy use bulbs.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company Solar Schools Program, first awarded in
2004, provides funding to support public schools in underserved communities in
northern and central California.
In 2005, Glenview Elementary was selected to receive:
See the website below for real-time online monitoring of the energy we are producing
at Glenview. You can also compare energy production between all the California Solar
School sites.
To learn more, go to http://view2.fatspaniel.net/PGE_SSH/
Also, check out the article Solar Bragging Rights in Oakalnd from the Energy Seeds
website, April 20, 2007
2004, provides funding to support public schools in underserved communities in
northern and central California.
In 2005, Glenview Elementary was selected to receive:
- Installation of $20,000 solar generation systems for educational use.Our pole-
mounted system is now on view in the rear yard, next to one of the portable
classrooms. - Attendance for two Glenview teachers for renewable energy science curriculum
training seminars. - Solar-based training curriculum for first through fifth grades. Kindergartners
will also have solar-related science activities.
See the website below for real-time online monitoring of the energy we are producing
at Glenview. You can also compare energy production between all the California Solar
School sites.
To learn more, go to http://view2.fatspaniel.net/PGE_SSH/
Also, check out the article Solar Bragging Rights in Oakalnd from the Energy Seeds
website, April 20, 2007
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