{"id":12438,"date":"2017-06-15T06:34:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=12438"},"modified":"2017-07-13T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T04:20:17","slug":"solar-school-sydney-east-mb0080","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-school-sydney-east-mb0080\/","title":{"rendered":"First School In Sydney&#8217;s Eastern Suburbs To Go Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12440\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sydney-school-solar.jpg\" alt=\"Kincoppal-Rose Bay School solar installation\" width=\"700\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sydney-school-solar.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sydney-school-solar-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kincoppal-Rose Bay School Installs Solar Panels<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What is currently the second largest solar power system and the first at a school in Sydney&#8217;s Eastern Suburbs was officially unveiled last week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Kincoppal-Rose Bay (KRB) is now sporting solar panels on the rooftop of the Maureen Tudehope Centre. The system will generate approximately 149,000 kWh of\u00a0 electricity annually &#8211; enough to power 26 average Australian homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will slash 30% off our yearly energy bills, and help to avoid over 130 tonnes of carbon emissions \u2013 equivalent to taking 47 cars off the road annually,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.krb.nsw.edu.au\/userfiles\/kincoppal\/KRBNews%20Issue%208_9%20June_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Kincoppal-Rose Bay principal, Hilary Johnston-Croke.<\/p>\n<p>As well as reducing the school&#8217;s electricity bills, Ms. Johnstone-Croke commented that the system was a &#8220;practical and inspiring way&#8221; to educate students about climate change and renewable energy. The school&#8217;s students and their families have been very enthusiastic about the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Climate change is a really important issue facing the world today and we are pleased to have solar power at KRB so that we can be part of the solution,&#8221; said Year 12 Environment Committee Head, Charlotte McGuire. &#8220;We hope it further inspires all students, their parents and others in the community to think carefully about their energy use and consider installing solar at home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The system was jointly funded by Kincoppal-Rose Bay, which contributed most of the cost, and the New South Wales Government.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Solar My School&#8217; Program Proving Popular<\/h2>\n<p>The project\u00a0 is a result of\u00a0 the Solar My School initiative, which is designed to assist Sydney&#8217;s Eastern Suburbs schools with determining an appropriate system and locating a suitable installer, plus provides educational materials for teachers to use as part of the curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Switching to solar energy helps reduce our environmental impact, and also helps schools to cut energy expenses and funnel the savings to other programs,&#8221; says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waverley.nsw.gov.au\/environment\/events_and_programs\/schools_and_childcare\/solar_my_school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waverley Council<\/a>. Other councils involved with the initiative are Woollahra and Randwick.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/reduceyourfootprint.com.au\/projects\/solar-my-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reduce Your Carbon Footprint<\/a>, an online initiative of the councils and NSW Environmental Trust, 15 schools in the Eastern Suburbs have signed on to install solar panels under the program. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2017-06-14\/sydney-eastern-suburbs-schools-sign-up-for-solar-panels\/8616450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A related ABC report<\/a> puts the number at 27 and states 1,421 government schools across New South Wales have already installed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\"> solar power systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schools are often ideal for PV-based electricity generation as the bulk of their energy consumption occurs during sun-hours. School buildings also generally offer a significant amount of roof space; enabling a large number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/\">solar panels<\/a> to be installed.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\">cost of solar panels in Australia<\/a> having dropped substantially over the past few years, the technology is now even more affordable and may be within reach of more schools &#8211; even without additional grants and subsidies other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">financial incentives<\/a> available to just about everyone. Options such as Power Purchase Agreements (solar PPAs), which usually involve no capital outlay, may also be worth considering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is currently the second largest solar power system and the first at a school in Sydney&#8217;s Eastern Suburbs was officially unveiled last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First School In Sydney&#039;s Eastern Suburbs To Go Solar - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is currently the second largest solar power system and the first at a school in Sydney&#039;s Eastern Suburbs was officially unveiled last week.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-school-sydney-east-mb0080\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First School In Sydney&#039;s Eastern Suburbs To Go Solar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is currently the second largest solar power system and the first at a school in Sydney&#039;s Eastern Suburbs was officially unveiled last week.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-school-sydney-east-mb0080\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-14T20:04:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-13T04:20:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sydney-school-solar.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"432\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-school-sydney-east-mb0080\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-school-sydney-east-mb0080\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"First School In Sydney&#8217;s Eastern Suburbs To Go Solar\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-14T20:04:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-13T04:20:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-school-sydney-east-mb0080\/\"},\"wordCount\":484,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-school-sydney-east-mb0080\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sydney-school-solar.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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