{"id":1033,"date":"2005-04-07T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-07T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/04\/07\/solar-power-in-the-schools\/"},"modified":"2005-04-07T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-07T17:33:00","slug":"solar-power-in-the-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/solar-power-in-the-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Power in the Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
A couple of things on solar power in education. First, from Scotsman.com, news<\/a> of plans at Scotland’s Napier University — Merchiston campus to install solar panels that will partially power computers on campus. Also, “Professor Tariq Muneer, spokesman for Napier University\u2019s School of Engineering, said: ‘As well as providing clean power for the computers at Merchiston, we will also be using the solar panels as a research tool to look at how much energy they absorb and how much is converted into electricity.”<\/p>\n And from RenewableEnergyAccess.com, an announcement<\/a> of the International Solar Energy Society and the American Solar Energy Society’s 2005 Solar Schools — Brighter Schools International Competition. “This international contest calls for student art and essays that express how solar energy is technology that’s available now and to anyone.” I think it’s great to encourage students to think about alternative energy — I wish this contest were not limited to students at schools that already incorporate solar power, as this contest could open up further educational possibilities.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: solar power<\/a>, education<\/a><\/p>\n