ENERGY IN UWCSEA

SOLAR ENERGY

• All the heated water from taps in our school comes from the solar panels.
• 70,000 litres of water evaporated every day in our school.
• All the indoor heat goes to the cooling tower.
• The total surface area of all the solar panels in the school 2680m squared.

AIR CON SYSTEMS

• In our school the air conditioning partly comes from the cooling towers, which collect heat and cools it.
• The energy to make the air conditioning, the energy that comes from the solar panels goes to the chiller room to cool it and then go to the classes.
• The air conditioning consumes about 50 percent of the schools electricity bill.

CHILL ROOM

• If there are any leaks in the pipes in the chill room the system would get shutdown
• The Chiller uses a mechanical method to cool water.
• There are three pipes in the chiller room, two of which are used regularly, and the other one during holidays or weekends.

FACTS ABOUT ENERGY IN UWCSEA

• The water in the chiller room is 7 degrees.
• All the letters on the pipes are indications of where the energy gets distributed.
• If a student doesn't get sufficient AC or Fan, it could affect how they learn,

QUESTIONS WE STILL HAVE

• What specific kinds of energy do we use in our school?
• How does the amount of energy we use impact other buildings?
• Why do we have so many solar panels if it is not used for many things?
• In comparison to the other schools in singapore, how much more energy do we use?