• Fire action week commences in Victoria

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    In an attempt to be better prepared for this year’s fire season Victorian Premier John Brumby is working with local councils and communities to bring awareness to real hazards of bushfire. “This week is a call to action for all of us. No-one can afford to be complacent,” Mr Brumby said. Fire action week will [...]
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  • AUSTRALIAN TECHNOLOGY USED TO PROTECT HOMES FROM BUSHFIRES – HERE AND OVERSEAS

    Tuesday, 6 October 2009

    In the wake of the devastation and loss caused by the Black Saturday bushfire, home and business owners are looking for a solution that will help protect their property while they head for safety. Bushfire Protect™ is an advanced system that removes the difficult decision of whether to stay or go.  The system will ‘fight [...]
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  • Give your playing fields the KISSS of life

    Friday, 2 October 2009

    Are you considering replacing your grass playing fields with artificial turf? In the face of the ongoing drought, many Australian schools are considering giving up the struggle to maintain their grass playing fields and taking the drastic option of replacing it with artificial turf. It’s an option that is not only a tragedy for our [...]
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  • Camp Hill Primary School powers up on solar

    Thursday, 3 September 2009

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  • Portable lighting solution

    Thursday, 3 September 2009

    The innovative  integration of a high performance marine navigational solar beacon into a robust steel  bollard for land use is the perfect design solution for lighting pathways and landscaped areas or providing security lighting. This simple solution can be installed almost anywhere and avoids the time consuming and costly installation of underground or overhead cabelling. [...]
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  • St Michael’s Grammar solar power installation

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    The installation of the school’s new solar power system on the Sisters Building is now complete. This latest addition to the school’s sustainability portfolio comprises 47 x 205 Watt high efficiency solar panels capable of producing  9.635 kW under peak conditions. The system is forecast to provide an annual average of 38.5 kW hours of [...]
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  • 10kW installation St Michaels Grammar School

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    Storm Sustainability are currently completing a PV installation  at St Michaels Grammar School. One of our largest  and certainly our most technical. The panels have been integarted into the architecture (see image) In  addition to the array on the images there is another going in at the rear of the building. The installation went ahead [...]
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  • Sunskool at ATRAA

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    Sunskool is exhibiting at this year’s ATRAA conference showcasing real time solar monitoring technology. Sunskool will be unveiling an improved dashboard, showcasing capabilities for displaying ambient irradiance, air and cell temperatures. Additional displays will allow students and teachers to compare solar energy generation to environment variants such as air temperature. This upgrade puts Sunskool on [...]
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  • Heathmont East Primary School warms to solar energy

    Thursday, 16 July 2009

    HEATHMONT East Primary is among the first schools in Maroondah to harness the power of the sun through a Federal Government program. The National Solar Schools Program offers schools up to $50,000 to install solar panels in a bid to fight climate change. Heathmont East secured funding and had 24 panels up and running on [...]
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  • Sunskool is compliant with NSSP’s mandatory data visualisation and monitoring standards

    Thursday, 2 July 2009

    As part of recent consultation with the renewable energy industry and state education agencies, the data requirements for renewable energy systems funded by the National Solar Schools Program (NSSP) have been clarified. These requirements are documented in the Data Collection, Storage and Visualisation System Requirements and Specifications (DCSVS). The DCSVS have been prepared as a ‘minimum [...]
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