WindPC- embracing wind and ICT
We had over 500 entries from schools and colleges across the country to win 1 of 100 educational energy saving kits containing an RM ecoquiet® PC, a wind turbine to power it and a booklet of hints, tips, and lesson ideas.
We had lots of superbly thought out entries, detailing exactly how the kits would be used to transform the teaching of sustainability across the whole school and even reaching into the community.
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To help you embrace wind technology and bring it to life in the classroom please download this useful booklet and poster packed full of tips and lesson plans.
Click here to see the winners list.
Energy-saving, cost-saving, noise-reducing...
...Introducing RM's ecoquiet® Technology!
RM's PCs with ecoquiet technology inside are helping to protect our planet's finite resources, as well as addressing schools' concerns over growing energy bills noisy PCs.
RM's PCs with ecoquiet inside use two thirds less power than standard desktop PCs; they really can make a tremendous difference to energy consumption, and the energy bills, of schools and colleges.
For example, an average secondary school with 220 computers running most of the day could save a massive 104,350kWh and as much as £9,000 in fuel cost over 3 years.
Independent tests have shown that RM PCs with ecoquiet inside are more than 14dB(A) quieter than standard PCs. Designed using Intel® Processors, RM ecoquiet PCs helps to create an ideal teaching and learning environment.
Click here for more information on the ecoquiet PC
Click here for more information on wind turbines
This exciting ecoquiet / wind turbine competition is part of RM's ongoing initiative to encourage and enable sustainable energy use in schools. We are also donating £2 for every ecoquiet PC sold to The Woodland Trust's Tree For All campaign to plant 12 million trees in the UK by 2009 - one for every child under the age of 16.
Download a green article with innovative ideas.
Here some of the winners share the publicity they have received.
Minster School, Southwell, Nottingham
Fairfield High School, Herefordshire - Download the Hereford Times article here
Kinlochbervice School, Sutherland
Chepstow Comprehensive School, Monmouthshire
St Neots Community College, Huntingdon
Torpoint Community School, Cornwall
The George Ward School, Wiltshire
St Benedicts, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis (1)
Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis (2)
Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis (3)
For more information on wind turbines click here
Visit Navitron's renewable energy in education forum for more hints and tips
Helston Community College - our inspiration
RM and Intel ran a competition in the summer, giving away a total of 100 kits, each including a new RM ecoquiet PC with Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor, a wind turbine, and an information pack to advise on possible cross-curricular usage and implementation strategies. See the list of winners below.
One more energy-saving kit is to be won at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust National Conference, 28 - 30 November.
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