If you’ve ever done school drop-off on a hot day, you’ve probably thought about the classrooms our kids sit in all afternoon.
Or wondered how schools and childcare centres cope as power bills keep rising?
That’s why more communities are looking to solar and batteries, helping schools and childcare centres:
- cut energy bills
- keep classrooms cooler during heatwaves
- stay powered during outages
Time and time again, educators, energy experts, and community leaders tell us the same thing: solar and batteries for schools and childcare is a no-brainer.
On April 1, Parents for Climate will hold our first ever event at Parliament House in Canberra, sharing stories from communities already making it happen. Members of Parliament and Senators from across Australia are invited - and adding your name helps show them that families in their electorate want solar and batteries, which could encourage them to attend.
For more info and to sign the petition: https://www.parentsforclimate.org/power-our-schools-now--
Local community run childcare has its north facing roof absolutely covered in pv. Has been like that for many years. Every homeowner and business that can afford it does the same around here. Small scale PV installs on non-productive bits of farmland as well.
We don’t get many power outages. I am not sure if batteries make economic sense everywhere currently. Their time will come I am sure.
I guess a lot of childcare around the country is dodgy commercial operations where they are pocketing all the government grants while their buildings fall apart. Perhaps we should get rid of those and have more community run operations they would put profits back into improving the care and facilities including capital investments like solar.