AISSPIRE

= AISSPIRE - Australian International School Solar Power Initiative for Renewable Energy =

Our Brainstorm!
= = =//PROPOSAL//=

SOLAR POWER FOR AISS FEASIBILITY STUDY AISSPIRE – AIS Solar Power Initiative Renewable Energy (Pronounced Aspire) - The science of solar panels, its cycle from sun to use, conversions of energy - Installment, use, maintenance (how to), type needed – how does it work? - Economic costs, costs of installment, changing energy costs - Chemistry of solar panels; its efficiency - Where does it come from? - Its main supply? - What type? - Why use this form? - Regulations, legal aspect, subsidies - Energy companies; electricity, solar – also professionals - Derive cost quotations, suitability for our school, solar panels use - Current energy sources - Energy use, carbon footprint, amount of electricity use, forms of energy - Current costs – current power usage (kWh) - Energy use relative to other schools in Singapore - Suitability of solar panels to AISS – need professional analysis
 * 1) RESEARCH – STATISTICS and BIBLIOGRAPHY
 * 2) //Solar power//
 * 3) The technology itself
 * 1) Solar panels
 * 1) //Singapore//
 * 2) Energy sources
 * 1) Government
 * 1) Companies
 * 1) //AISS//
 * 2) Energy
 * 1) //GESS local case study//
 * 2) Background of solar energy, or alternative types of energy with other schools
 * 3) Use this as evidence for success of solar energy
 * 4) Their personal experiences

- Important to demonstrate disadvantages for objective viewpoint - AISS School - Community, country - Environment – bring in conservation and biodiversity value - To solar energy technology - Solar panels use locally and globally - Economic incentives - Propose how to use economic gains from solar power - Value for school investors (the business) - Solar power efficiency - Opportunity costs - Analyse incentives for school, community, students, investors, against schools
 * 1) EXAMINATION of BENEFITS/LIMITATIONS – SWOT
 * 2) Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
 * 1) Ecocentric, anthropocentric, technocentric viewpoints
 * 2) Economic, social, environmental, political, ethical
 * 1) ECONOMIC
 * 1) MOTIVATIONS


 * 1) SOLUTION – creation of strategies
 * 2) Collaboration of research and analysis
 * 3) Present limitations, but use solution to eliminate limitations
 * 4) Show reliability
 * 5) Possibly may need a backup solution; i.e. 80% solar power, 20% electricity

- List of signed names for support of initiative
 * 1) PRESENTATION
 * 2) To officials with printed proposal and presentations
 * 3) To school community; posters, incentives, assembly, advertisement, survey

The proposal formatting came out odd, so here is the file link too. **Thank you Shireen, this is fantastic! :-)**

**German European School visit - pre-reading**



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A big thank you to Mr Schamschurin for this comprehensive and informative presentation on Solar Power... much for us to consider!

Solar Power advantages and disadvantages
 * Advantages || Disadvantages ||
 * Renewable resource: always going to be there, no limit. || Using the sun as an energy source, limits us to only collect energy during the day time. ||
 * One time cost. || The cost of the solar panels are expensive. ||
 * || Some days you will still have to rely on oil for energy, on rainy or sunless days. ||
 * Solar panels do make any sound at all when harnessing energy. ||  ||
 * Creates no pollution therefore does not contribute to global warming. ||  ||
 * Very little maintenance to keep solar panels running. Last a long time and only annual cleaning is needed. ||  ||
 * East to install; wires, cords and power sources are not needed. || You will need a lot of solar panels to compare the energy production to fossil fuels like oil. ||
 * Energy can be stored in solar powered batteries. ||  ||