Pinnacle West Capital Corporation : APS to Provide Solar Awareness and Education for Students
07/31/2012| 12:05pm US/Eastern
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Educational solar kiosks being installed at 30 Arizona schools
As part of the APS
Solar for Schools Program, students at more than 30 K-12 Arizona
schools will come back from summer break to find their classrooms
powered by solar energy. In addition - and perhaps more importantly -
the students will have the opportunity to learn about solar power thanks
to educational kiosk displays provided by APS and project partner AlsoEnergy,
an industry-leading provider of energy monitoring systems.
Through the Solar
for Schools Program, APS designs, builds, owns and maintains a
photovoltaic solar system on K-12 schools at no upfront cost to the
school district. APS recently contracted with AlsoEnergy to provide
energy performance and production monitoring data and education kiosks
on the schools.
"The APS-owned portion of the Solar for Schools Program provides
an uncanny opportunity for schools - located primarily in rural areas of
the state - to take advantage of the sun's power without dipping into
their school budget," said Tony Tewelis, APS Director of Technology
Solutions. "Adding the educational kiosks has taken this program to
another level. The students will learn what solar panels can produce at
different times of the day and see how much electricity their school is
consuming. We're helping to power classrooms for the future leaders of
our communities."
The educational kiosks that APS has selected are AlsoEnergy's PowerLobby
displays, customizable kiosks that are placed inside each building to
show data such as sun tracking, kilowatt-hours saved and information
about how much money the school is saving on its electric bill. Teachers
will have access to the data and the ability to create science lessons
about how energy is produced and used.
"Not only is APS producing clean energy for the state through this
program, they will provide cutting-edge solar education to students from
ages five to 18," said Robert Schaefer, CEO of AlsoEnergy. "The utility
also will receive information through our energy management services
that can compare operation between sites and detect underperforming
components, providing real-time information to help them better serve
their customers."
Schools participating in the program have contracted with APS to secure
a fixed utility rate for 20 years. For more information about the APS Solar
for Schools Program, visit aps.com/solar.
APS, Arizona's largest and longest-serving electricity utility, serves
more than 1.1 million customers in 11 of the state's 15 counties. With
headquarters in Phoenix, APS is the principal subsidiary of Pinnacle
West Capital Corp. (NYSE: PNW).
APS
Media Contact:
Jenna Shaver, 602-250-4403
Website: aps.com/newsroom
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