The Green Schools Campaign (GSC) is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative by PenjanaBebas, the Association of Independent Power Producers in Malaysia in partnership with the Malaysia Building Integrated Photovoltaic (MBIPV) Project Team that began in 2009. Through the installation of 5kWp Photovoltaic (PV) systems in selected schools across the country, the Campaign aims to equip young Malaysians and teachers with information on the science and benefits of renewable energy. The Campaign also provides learning materials, organises programmes and established a Green Schools Campaign Project Club for the participating schools to encourage students, parents and teachers to be advocates of renewable energy.
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Overview
The initiative is supported by the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Malaysia (KeTTHA), and Suruhanjaya Tenaga (Energy Commission of Malaysia), and responds to the Malaysian Government’s call to encourage the generation of power from renewable sources.
Partly funded by the United Nations Development Programme and the Global Environmental Facility, Phase 1 of the Campaign, involving five schools, was completed in 2011. Malakoff Corporation Berhad, a member of PenjanaBebas, expanded the number of schools under the umbrella of the Green Schools Campaign through its own Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, with three Malakoff Project Sunshine schools. Installation at the schools was completed in mid-2012.
In 2011, PenjanaBebas in partnership with KeTTHA launched Green Schools Campaign 2, expanding the number of participating schools by 30. Work on the 30 schools began in 2012 and was completed in 2014. As of 1 July 2014, the 38 GSC schools collectively generated a total of 315,217kWh of clean energy and avoided the emissions of 217,500 kg of CO2.
Green Schools Campaign Phase 3 was announced in March 2014 and will see an additional 100 schools nationwide joining the existing 38 schools. It is targeted for completion by October 2015, upon which the total energy generation capacity of the combined 138 GSC schools will be 690kWp, avoiding emissions of an estimated 331,200 kg of harmful CO2 annually.
GSC List of Schools
View Map of PenjanaBebas-KeTTHA Green Schools Campaign
Green Schools Campaign Phase 1
Initiated and Funded By: PenjanaBebas, MBIPV
Installation Timeline: Launched 2009 - Completion 2011
Supported By: United Nations Development Programme, Global Environmental Facility
Total Capacity: 25 kWp
CO2 Emissions Avoided: 79,448 kg as of 1 July 2014
Green Schools Campaign Phase 2
Initiated By: PenjanaBebas, KeTTHA
Funded By: AAIBE, KeTTHA
Installation Timeline: Began 2011 - Completion 2013
Supported By: Ministry of Education, Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia, Sustainable Energy Development Authority, Malaysia, Suruhanjaya Tenaga, Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional Malaysia
Total Capacity: 150 kWp
CO2 Emissions Avoided: 109,234 kg as of 1 July 2014
Malakoff Project Sunshine
Initiated and Funded By: Malakoff Corporation Berhad
Installation Timeline: Launched 2012 - Completion 2012
Partners: Malakoff Corporation Berhad, KeTTHA
Total Capacity: 15 kWp
CO2 Emissions Avoided: 28,817 kg as of 1 July 2014
Project Initiators
Persatuan Nasional Penjana Kuasa Bebas Malaysia or "PenjanaBebas" in short, was established in June 1995, by the pioneering independent power producers. Amongst the Association's objectives are to educate the public on the continuing role of PenjanaBebas and its members towards the economy and society, to provide a forum for the members to discuss prevailing issues facing the electrical supply industries of Malaysia and to co-ordinate common Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes amongst its members.
The Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Malaysia (KeTTHA) was established on 9 April 2009 to oversee and accelerate the development of green and sustainable technologies in Malaysia. Prior to this, KeTTHA was known as the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communications (MEWC), which was established on 27 March 2004 through the restructuring of the Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia.
Project Partners
Other partners include: Ministry of Education Malaysia, Public Works Department (Jabatan Kerja Raya) Malaysia, Energy Commission (Suruhanjaya Tenaga) Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia
Green Schools Campaign Web Presence
Green Schools Campaign has its presence in social media platform, such as Facebook and Google+, to enable engagement with students and teachers, other stakeholders as well as public audience.