Hounville High School Wins Energy Prize and Uses it To Install Solar Power

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ABC News reports Hounville High School of Tasmania has won the Global High Schools Zayed Future Energy Prize, worth $133,000.

Huonville High could really be leading the globe in education and community leadership in sustainability and renewable energy.

-Toby Thorpe, Hounville High School team leader

Here are the details of the winnings:

  • The school spent part of the prize money to install 125 solar panels and monitoring technology.
  • Students and school staff will be able to monitor the solar power system’s efficiency.
  • The project is teaching students about renewable energy: its effect on future generations, the environmental and cost benefits to the school.

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