Did you know that Chicago schools spend more on energy than on textbooks and computers combined? Did you also know that buildings generate more carbon emissions than cars, trains and planes combined?
We believe children are the future. They face the uphill challenge of dwindling financial resources in their schools as well as the inevitable challenge to combat global climate change. Through our Solar Schools Program we believe there is a tremendous opportunity to provide schools both immediate and long term solutions to these serious challenges by:
1. Absorbing the upfront cost of a solar energy system which results in decades of savings.
2. Providing important green education outreach to students in order to maximize the long term benefits of our initiatives.
Imagine how an energy efficient school can be a model to students and the community by using solar power to cut operating costs and carbon emissions, while at the same time incorporating hands-on green education into its curriculum.
