$0.001bn grants for Kentucky Solar school charging students Laptops

Post date: May 20, 2010 8:33:29 PM

“Sustainable schools like Richardsville Elementary not only have a positive green impact

by protecting the environment and helping with national energy security, but also teach

children how to live their lives as responsible environmental stewards,” said Mrs. Beshear.

“This is a message we cannot emphasize enough.”

The school district will purchase solar panels for what is slated

to become the nation’s first net-zero energy school.

That clean energy will be sold to the Tennessee Valley Authority

and will essentially result in an energy neutral facility.

Sustainable schools kentucky

Richardsville Elementary School

Richardsville, KY

By incorporating details like a “solar-hallway” that includes solar-powered laptop charging stations and a “geo-thermal” hallway that allows students to see the inner workings of the geo-thermal climate control system, the Richardsville Elementary School is striving to become a green teaching school that inspires students to protect the environment everyday.

Kentucky Schools

First Lady Jane Beshear announced Wednesday the award of a $1.374 million grant

to Warren County Public Schools for the purchase of solar panels that will put

Richardsville Elementary School one step closer to achieving an energy-neutral facility.

Kentucky Schools

Richardsville Elementary

School

Richardsville, KY

Parks ICF Wall Systems is

proud to be involved in building

the nation’s first “net-zero” energy

school. Located in Central Kentucky,

the Richardsville Elementary School

is leading the way to energy-efficient

public schools by building a school

that actually produces more energy

than it consumes.

hallway that allows students to see

the inner workings of the geo-thermal

climate control system, the

Richardsville Elementary School

is striving to become a green teaching

school that inspires students to protect

the environment everyday.

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