{"id":33723,"date":"2019-09-23T08:02:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T21:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=33723"},"modified":"2019-09-23T08:02:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T21:32:36","slug":"canberra-zero-emissions-school-mb1223","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/canberra-zero-emissions-school-mb1223\/","title":{"rendered":"Canberra&#8217;s Second Zero Emissions School To Open In 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33724\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33724\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/zero-emissions-school-canberra.jpg\" alt=\"zero emissions school - Canberra\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/zero-emissions-school-canberra.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/zero-emissions-school-canberra-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/zero-emissions-school-canberra-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/zero-emissions-school-canberra-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Yvette Berry MLA via Facebook<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The ACT Government has announced the builder of the Territory&#8217;s second zero-emissions school, and says detailed design work for construction has already begun. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Joss Construction Pty Ltd has been engaged to deliver the project in two stages. The first stage will be a P-6 school catering for up to 644 students and the second stage a 7-10 school, which will cater for 600 students.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the new school in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/location\/molonglo-valley-2617-act\/\"> Molonglo Valley<\/a> is expected to start\u00a0 this year to be ready for operation for the start of the 2021 school year. Molonglo Valley is a greenfields development in the ACT that is expected accommodate approximately 55,000 residents over the coming decades.<\/p>\n<p>The as-yet unnamed school will incorporate various energy efficiency technologies in addition to the use of onsite generation of renewables, assumed to include solar energy, to support the ACT\u2019s target of zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. There will certainly be plenty of roof space to accommodate solar panels, so it will be interesting to see how much capacity is installed.<\/p>\n<p>The ACT&#8217;s first zero-emissions school was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.act.gov.au\/Margaret-Hendry-School\/our-school\/about-margaret-hendry-school\">Margaret Hendry School<\/a> in the suburb of Taylor. Among its features is a 100kW solar power system and electric-boosted solar hot water.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The ACT is leading the nation in climate action and school infrastructure is one way that the government can make a big difference towards reducing carbon emissions on behalf of the Canberra community,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmtedd.act.gov.au\/open_government\/inform\/act_government_media_releases\/yvette-berry-mla-media-releases\/2019\/canberras-second-zero-emissions-school\">said<\/a> part of a statement attributed to Deputy Chief Minister Yvette Berry MLA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>ACT On Target For 100% Renewables<\/h2>\n<p>All 88 public schools in the Territory have rooftop solar panels, totaling 2.356MW of capacity; so that averages out to around 27kW each. While the total capacity isn&#8217;t enough to supply equivalent electricity requirements of all schools, the Territory&#8217;s Government has a target of sourcing 100% renewable electricity by 2020 from within its boundaries or the National Electricity Market (NEM).<\/p>\n<p>The Australia Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tai.org.au\/content\/act-first-outside-europe-100-renewable-transition\">said last week<\/a> the Territory is set to become the first major jurisdiction (population 100,000+) outside Europe to transition from a fossil fuel-based supply to 100% renewables-based electricity. It&#8217;s expected the ACT will meet its 100% renewable electricity target by 1 January 2020, and likely even before.<\/p>\n<p>ACT residents have also jumped on the renewable energy bandwagon, although not to the same degree as in most other states and territories. According to APVI, approximately 15.6% of dwellings in the ACT had solar panels installed as at June this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACT Government has announced the builder of the Territory&#8217;s second zero-emissions school, and says detailed design work for construction has already begun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":33724,"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-33723","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 v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Canberra&#039;s Second Zero Emissions School To Open In 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ACT Government has announced the builder of the Territory&#039;s second zero-emissions school, which is set to commence operations in 2021.\" \/>\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\/canberra-zero-emissions-school-mb1223\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canberra&#039;s Second Zero Emissions School To Open In 2021\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ACT Government has announced the builder of the Territory&#039;s second zero-emissions school, which is set to commence operations in 2021.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/canberra-zero-emissions-school-mb1223\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-09-22T21:32:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/zero-emissions-school-canberra.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\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\\\/canberra-zero-emissions-school-mb1223\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/canberra-zero-emissions-school-mb1223\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Canberra&#8217;s Second Zero Emissions School To Open In 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-22T21:32:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/canberra-zero-emissions-school-mb1223\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":418,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/canberra-zero-emissions-school-mb1223\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/zero-emissions-school-canberra.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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