Two Hills School
Grade 8 students at Two Hills School in Alberta are tackling emissions and budget efficiency issues by retrofitting the lighting fixtures of 8 classrooms.
Two Hills School
Grade 8 students at Two Hills School in Alberta are tackling emissions and budget efficiency issues by retrofitting the lighting fixtures of 8 classrooms.
The Problem
Before the last couple years, not much environmental action was happening at Two Hills School. In fact, it was rare if climate change was even talked about. So when one environmentally-minded teacher and his math class began brainstorming all the different kinds of change they could do at the school, it quickly became an ambitious three-pronged plan to support climate action and shift how their school talked about the environment!
The Solution
N:OW for Net-Zero is proud to have supported phase one of this plan which was focused on retrofitting the lighting fixtures of 8 classrooms! This not only reduced the school’s emissions substantially, but also contributed to cost savings. The student team researched the most efficient replacements and tracked energy usage and spending after the installation was completed, with the goal of using their project as a pilot to pitch their school board to fund the retrofitting of their entire school and other schools in the area.
15
students worked directly on the project
215
students and teachers were engaged at their school in learning about the lighting retrofit and its impact on emissions reduction!
Lessons Learned
“The reason why I wanted to start this project is because as a classroom teacher I wanted to bring as much world experience as much as I possibly can.”
Mr. McMaster
“The students are starting to think along the lines of climate change and thinking about how we can reduce our energy consumption to get closer to net-zero. I absolutely fully support this project based learning and the fact that it was student led makes it that much more powerful."
Mr. McMaster
