Al-Hamraa Girls’ School launches green initiative

Shahd Alhamdan JEDDAH — Aligning with the Saudi Vision 2030, Al-Hamraa Girls' School in the city on Monday launched "Clean energy for green environment," a novel environmental initiative. Two projects, made and developed by the school students under the guidance of their teachers and other external experts, were showcased. The projects, which are part of the school's evaluation process in science, concentrate on having an inexpensive healthier and better environment. The first project is a module that produces light with the solar cells. Girl students used solar cells to generate electrical power from sunlight. The students working on the project explained that they used multiple solar cells in an integrated group and they oriented all of them in one plane. The group added that this will constitute a solar photovoltaic panel which has a sheet of glass facing the sun and it allows the light to pass. A feasibility study conducted by the group found that the monthly expenses of utilizing the generated electricity will be very low. School Director, Elham Ezzi, said the solar project, started in 2012, has received an award. The second project 'A green roof for a better environment', concentrats on using hydroponic water agriculture without soil. During the school term they had several experiments which failed at first and later succeded. The group plants currently are part of the outdoor section of the school. Ezzi said the idea is not a new one since it was implemented in several countries including Kuwait. "It is a very vital project to be implemented in the Kingdom. The girls had spent the whole term working on it," she said.