Schools

  • Energy efficient schools guide
    Guidelines
    3 June 2009

    Th is booklet outlines why and how schools can reduce energy use and cost. Why schools are considering energy efficiency is summarised in the introduction; how they are going about it is detailed in four case studies.

    There are three planning templates and a schedule to assist schools. Those schools that have built energy efficiency into the curriculum have been especially successful in making change to their energy-use practices.

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  • Saving energy in schools: heating and cooling
    Fact sheets and brochures
    10 June 2010

    For students to be at their best, it's important that learning environments are a comfortable temperature with adequate ventilation. Ministry of Education guidelines suggest 18 - 20 °C is the optimum range for student comfort (depending on activity levels).

    Download this action sheet for more information.

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  • Saving energy in schools: new building projects
    Fact sheets and brochures
    10 June 2010

    The best time to consider energy use is before you start building - as this is when you can achieve an energy efficient building at least cost and disruption. With the right planning and design, good energy performance can be achieved at little extra cost, and will provide significant savings over the long term.

    Download this action sheet for more information.

     

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  • Saving energy in schools: lighting
    Fact sheets and brochures
    10 June 2010

    Lighting is one of the most intensive uses of energy in schools, typically making up around 30% of a school's electricity use (and up to 80% if electricity is not the main heating source). One of the cheapest ways to reduce energy use is to encourage staff and students to switch off.

    Download this action sheet for more information.

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  • Saving energy in schools: water heating
    Fact sheets and brochures
    10 June 2010

    Water heating typically makes up about 8% of school energy use but can be as high as 50% if your school has a heated pool. The right water heating system can significantly reduce energy consumption. And, when the whole school makes an effort to use less hot water, it will make an even bigger difference.

    Download this action sheet for more information.

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  • Saving energy in schools: renewable energy
    Fact sheets and brochures
    10 June 2010

    Setting up a renewable energy generation project can benefit your school in a number of ways.

    Seeing solar panels, wind turbines or micro-hydro turbines in action gives students firsthand knowledge of how natural resources can be harnessed to help power their school. Energy outputs and performance can be measured and analysed over time to show, for example, how weather affects the amount of energy generated. In this way, learning opportunities are created across a range of curriculum areas and students develop an
    appreciation of the real value of energy.

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  • Wood for wellbeing for Mairehau High School
    Case studies
    30 June 2010

    At Mairehau High School, wellbeing comes first - and that includes providing a healthy and comfortable environment. With clean efficient wood energy delivering heat where it is needed, Mairehau High School students can learn at their best all year round.

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  • Cashmere High School boiler replacement monitoring report
    Research and reports
    20 May 2008

    Prior to 2008 Cashmere High School was heated by two coal fired boilers. These boilers had reached the end of their economic life and the schools discharge consent for coal firing was soon to expire. Cashmere High School needed to seek a clean heating alternative. Wood pellet boilers were selected by the school as being the best alternative to coal and a pair of wood pellet boilers were installed in 2008. This monitoring report contains data collected from the first year of the boilers operation.

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  • Rotorua Girls High School case study
    Case studies
    20 November 2006

    Rotorua Girls High School requires heating for around 40% of the school year. The school in not only concerned about its enviromental impact but sees a role in providing environmental leadership to its students and the community.

    Historically many schools have used coal boilers but particulate and carbon emissions are now being targeted for reduction.

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  • Tahuna Intermediate monitoring report for wood chip blower
    Case studies
    20 June 2009

    This report details the commissioning and monitoring of a wood chip blower system used by HA Foote Haulage supplying wood chips to Tahuna Intermediate School in Dunedin.
    Wood chips are blown into a fuel bunker using a wood chip blower system taking 30 minutes to deliver 9 m3 of wood chips from the truck.

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