Loaʻa ka National Ranking iā Kaleponi ma 1st, New Jersey a me Arizona ma 2nd a me 3rd Place no Solar ma nā Kula K-12.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA a me WASHINGTON, DC - Ke hakakā nei nā ʻāpana kula e hoʻololi i kahi pilikia kālā o ka ʻāina i lawe ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, nui nā kula K-12 e hoʻopaʻa kālā me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka mana o ka lā, pinepine me ka liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe kumu kūʻai mua. Mai ka makahiki 2014, ua ʻike nā kula K-12 i ka piʻi ʻana he 139 pakeneka o ka nui o ka lā i hoʻokomo ʻia, e like me ka hōʻike hou mai ka ikehu maʻemaʻe nonprofit Generation180, me ka hui pū me The Solar Foundation a me ka Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
ʻIke ʻia ka hōʻike he 7,332 mau kula a puni ka ʻāina i hoʻohana i ka mana o ka lā, ʻo ia ka 5.5 pākēneka o nā kula aupuni a me nā kula pilikino K-12 ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. I nā makahiki 5 i hala iho nei, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o nā kula me ka lā i ka 81 pakeneka, a i kēia manawa he 5.3 miliona mau haumāna e hele i kahi kula me ka lā. ʻO nā mokuʻāina ʻelima kiʻekiʻe no ka lā ma nā kula - Kaleponi, New Jersey, Arizona, Massachusetts, a me Indiana - ua kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kēia ulu.
"Hiki loa ke kiʻi ʻia o ka lā no nā kula āpau—ʻoiai ʻo ka lā a me ka waiwai o kou wahi e noho ai. He kakaikahi nā kula i ʻike he mea hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka lā no ka mālama kālā a me ka pōmaikaʻi i nā haumāna i kēia lā,"wahi a Wendy Philleo, ka luna hoʻokele o Generation180. "ʻO nā kula e hoʻololi ana i ka lā e hiki ke hoʻolilo i ke kumukūʻai o ka ikehu no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ke kula, e like me ke kau ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana ventila, a i ʻole ka mālama ʻana i nā kumu a me ka mālama ʻana i nā papahana koʻikoʻi," wahi āna.
ʻO nā kumukūʻai ikehu ka lua o nā lilo nui loa no nā kula US ma hope o nā limahana. Hoʻomaopopo nā mea kākau hōʻike e hiki i nā apana kula ke mālama nui i nā kumukūʻai ikehu i ka manawa. No ka laʻana, manaʻo ʻo Tucson Unified School District ma Arizona e hoʻopakele i $43 miliona ma mua o 20 mau makahiki, a ma Arkansas, ua hoʻohana ka ʻĀpana Kula ʻo Batesville i ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu e lilo i ʻāpana kula uku kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka kalana me nā kumu e loaʻa ana i $9,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻIke ʻia ka haʻawina ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kula e hele i ka lā me ka liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka uku mua. Wahi a ka hōʻike, ʻo 79 pakeneka o ka lā i hoʻokomo ʻia ma nā kula i kālā ʻia e kahi ʻaoʻao ʻekolu-e like me ka mea hoʻomohala lā-ʻo ia ke kālā, kūkulu, nona, a mālama i ka ʻōnaehana. ʻAe kēia i nā kula a me nā apana, me ka nānā ʻole i ka nui o kā lākou waihona kālā, e kūʻai i ka ikehu lā a loaʻa koke i nā kumu kūʻai o ka ikehu. ʻO nā ʻaelike kūʻai mana, a i ʻole nā PPA, he hoʻonohonoho kaulana ʻekolu i loaʻa i kēia manawa ma 28 mau mokuʻāina a me ka Apana o Columbia.
Ke hoʻonui nei nā kula i nā papahana lā e hāʻawi i nā haumāna i nā manawa hoʻonaʻauao STEM lima, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hana, a me nā internships no ka mālama lā.
"Kākoʻo nā ʻōnaehana solar i nā hana kūloko a hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā, akā hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i nā kula e hoʻolilo i ka mālama ʻana i ka ikehu i nā mea hou aʻe a kākoʻo maikaʻi i kā lākou mau kumu,"i ʻōlelo ai ʻO Abigail Ross Hopper, pelekikena a Luna Nui o SEIA. "Ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou i nā ala e hiki ai iā mākou ke kūkulu hou i ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ke kōkua ʻana i nā kula e hoʻololi i ka mālama solar + hiki ke hoʻāla i ko mākou mau kaiāulu, hoʻokele i kā mākou ʻoihana paʻa, a hoʻokaʻawale i kā mākou mau kula mai nā hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau.
Eia hou, hiki i nā kula me ka lā a me ka mālama ʻana i ka pākaukau ke lilo i mau hale hoʻomalu pilikia a hāʻawi i ka mana hoʻihoʻi i ka wā o ka pau ʻana o ka grid, ʻaʻole ia e pale wale i ka haunaele o ka lumi papa akā he kumu waiwai nui no nā kaiāulu.
"I ka manawa o ka maʻi maʻi honua a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau e hoʻomākaukau ai i ka ulia pōpilikia, hiki i nā kula me ka lā a me ka waiho ʻana ke lilo i mau kikowaena o ke kaiāulu e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo koʻikoʻi i ko lākou mau kaiāulu i ka wā o nā pōʻino kūlohelohe,"wahi a Andrea Luecke, ka pelekikena a me ka luna hoʻokō ma The Solar Foundation. "Ke manaʻolana nei mākou e lilo kēia hōʻike i mea waiwai nui e kōkua i nā ʻāpana kula e alakaʻi i ke ala i ka wā e hiki mai ana."
ʻO kēia puke ʻekolu o Brighter Future: A Study on Solar in US Schools e hāʻawi i ka noiʻi piha loa a hiki i kēia lā e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka lā a me nā ʻano ma nā kula K-12 ākea a me nā kula kūʻokoʻa a puni ka ʻāina. Aia i loko o ka pūnaewele hōʻike kahi palapala ʻāina pili o nā kula solar ma ka ʻāina, a me nā kumuwaiwai ʻē aʻe e kōkua i nā ʻāpana kula e hele i ka lā.
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E pili ana iā SEIA®:
Ke alakaʻi nei ka Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA) i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻoihana ikehu maʻemaʻe, e hana ana i ka hoʻolālā no ka lā e hoʻokō ai i ka 20% o ka hana uila US ma 2030. Hana pū ʻo SEIA me kāna mau lālā lālā 1,000 a me nā hoa hoʻolālā ʻē aʻe e hakakā no nā kulekele e hana ana i nā hana ma kēlā me kēia kaiāulu a hoʻokumu i nā lula mākeke kūpono e hāpai ana i ka hoʻokūkū a me ka ulu ʻana o ka mana solar hilinaʻi, haʻahaʻa. Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1974, he hui kālepa ʻāina ʻo SEIA e kūkulu ana i kahi ʻike ākea no ka Solar+ Decade ma o ka noiʻi, hoʻonaʻauao a me ke kākoʻo. E kipa iā SEIA ma ka pūnaewele mawww.seia.org.
E pili ana i Generation180:
Hoʻoulu a hoʻolako ʻo Generation180 i nā kānaka e hana i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe. Manaʻo mākou i kahi hoʻololi 180-degere i kā mākou kumu ikehu—mai nā wahie mōʻalihaku a hiki i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe—e alakaʻi ʻia e ka hoʻololi 180-degere i ka ʻike o ka poʻe i kā lākou kuleana i ka hana ʻana. Ke alakaʻi nei kā mākou Solar for All Schools (SFAS) i kahi neʻe ʻana ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa e kōkua i nā kula K-12 e hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai ikehu, hoʻomaikaʻi i ke aʻo ʻana i nā haumāna, a hānai i nā kaiāulu olakino no nā mea āpau. Ke hoʻonui nei ʻo SFAS i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lā ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai a me ke kākoʻo i nā mea hoʻoholo kula a me nā kākoʻo kaiāulu, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pūnaewele peer-to-peer, a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kulekele ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka lā. E aʻo hou aku ma SolarForAllSchools.org. I kēia hāʻule, hoʻokipa pū ʻo Generation180 i ka National Solar Tour me Solar United Neighbors e hōʻike i nā papahana solar kula a hāʻawi i kahi kahua no nā alakaʻi e kaʻana like i nā pono o ka lā. E aʻo hou mahttps://generation180.org/national-solar-tour/.
E pili ana i ka Solar Foundation:
He hui kūʻokoʻa 501(c)(3) ʻo Solar Foundation® nona ka ʻoihana e hoʻolalelale i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ke kumu ikehu nui loa o ka honua. Ma o kāna alakaʻi, noiʻi, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mana, hana ka Solar Foundation i nā hopena hoʻololi e hoʻokō ai i kahi wā e hiki mai ana kahi e hoʻohui ʻia ai ka ikehu lā a me nā ʻenehana pili i ka lā i nā ʻano āpau o ko mākou ola. ʻO nā hana ākea a ka Solar Foundation e pili ana i ka noiʻi hana o ka lā, ka ʻokoʻa o nā limahana, a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka mākeke ikehu maʻemaʻe. Ma o ka papahana SolSmart, ua hui pū ka Solar Foundation me nā hoa pili kūloko ma mua o 370 mau kaiāulu ma ka ʻāina e holomua i ka ulu ʻana o ka ikehu lā. E aʻo hou aku ma SolarFoundation.org
Nā Pili Media:
Jen Bristol, Solar Energy Industries Association, 202-556-2886, jbristol@seia.org
Kay Campbell, Generation180, 434-987-2572, kay@generation180.org
Avery Palmer, The Solar Foundation, 202-302-2765, apalmer@solarfound.org
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Sep-15-2020