{"id":18811,"date":"2018-01-31T11:40:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T01:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=18811"},"modified":"2021-02-10T13:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T03:15:30","slug":"solar-classroom-hive-mb0441","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-classroom-hive-mb0441\/","title":{"rendered":"Hivve Solar Powered Classroom Trial In New South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18813\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18813\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/solar-classroom-australia.jpg\" alt=\"Solar powered classroom - Australia\" width=\"700\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/solar-classroom-australia.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/solar-classroom-australia-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Hivve<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some lucky Australian school-age students have been kicking off their year in a comfy, high-tech solar powered classroom.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced today it had stumped up funds for a pilot of smart, modular solar powered classrooms called Hivve.<\/p>\n<p>Hivve Technology Pty Ltd will be provided with $368,115 in funding from ARENA for the project that involves two classrooms &#8211; one situated at St Christopher\u2019s Catholic Primary School in Holsworthy in Sydney\u2019s south-west and the other at Dapto High School.<\/p>\n<p>Hivve classrooms feature solar panels, real time energy and carbon dioxide metering and systems to actively manage energy demands and indoor environment quality. According to Hivve, advanced temperature and fresh air management systems keep the environment &#8220;just right&#8221;, assisting in improving academic performance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hiive-classroom.jpg\" alt=\"Internal view of Hiive classroom\" width=\"700\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hiive-classroom.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hiive-classroom-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hivve <a href=\"https:\/\/hivve.com.au\">states<\/a> the classroom&#8217;s design incorporates environmentally sustainable elements and materials. A special focus has been put on natural light and cross flow ventilation, plus the classrooms also feature glazing and shade elements, insulation, energy efficient lighting, and a mixed mode cooling and heating system.<\/p>\n<p>It certainly looks a lot more comfortable than the un-insulated demountable I spent Grade 5 in; the air-conditioning of which consisted of a noisy and ineffective fan stuck in a corner.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no mention of energy storage being a part of the Hivve system.<\/p>\n<p>ARENA says a conventional air-conditioned classroom can consume on average 3,800 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, but a HIVVE classroom is capable of an estimated net energy generation of 7,600 KWh per year &#8211; meaning it will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of another two classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>As well as producing clean electricity, the Hivve classrooms provide educational opportunities.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is a great way to get the next generation involved in renewables at an early age and educate them as to what the positive benefits will be as Australia continues its shift towards a renewable energy future,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/arena.gov.au\/news\/classrooms-powered-renewable-energy-trialled-nsw-schools\/\">stated<\/a> ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe success of the Hivve project could lead to a nation-wide adoption of the modular classrooms, reducing reliance on the grid and even providing a significant amount of electricity back to the NEM.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The pilot follows successful testing of a prototype building in a controlled environment. The Hivve classrooms at the two schools will be monitored and evaluated over a year.<\/p>\n<p>Many Australian schools have already gone solar as a result of the government-funded National Schools Solar program, which provided $217 million to 5,300 schools to install solar panels and other water\/energy efficiency measures. A total of 4,897 schools installed solar<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-classroom-hive-mb0441\/#en-18811-1' id='enref-18811-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(18811)'>1<\/a><\/sup> under the NSSP.<\/p>\n<p>While the NSSP program ended in June 2013, schools can still take advantage of Australia&#8217;s major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar subsidy<\/a>, which can reduce the up-front cost of acquiring a solar power system by many thousands of dollars. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\">cost of solar panels<\/a> has also dropped considerably since the NSSP was active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some lucky Australian school-age students have been kicking off their year in a comfy, high-tech solar powered classroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":18813,"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-18811","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>Hivve Solar Powered Classroom Trial In New South Wales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some lucky Australian students have been kicking off the year in a high-tech solar powered classroom project supported by ARENA.\" \/>\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-classroom-hive-mb0441\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hivve Solar Powered Classroom Trial In New South Wales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some lucky Australian students have been kicking off the year in a high-tech solar powered classroom project supported by ARENA.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-classroom-hive-mb0441\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-01-31T01:10:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-10T03:15:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/solar-classroom-australia.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"430\" \/>\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-classroom-hive-mb0441\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-classroom-hive-mb0441\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Hivve Solar Powered Classroom Trial In New South Wales\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-31T01:10:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-10T03:15:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-classroom-hive-mb0441\/\"},\"wordCount\":498,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-classroom-hive-mb0441\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/solar-classroom-australia.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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