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Your chance to win a solar PV system for your school

To help inspire WA schools to find new ways to cut their energy consumption, we have a 1.5kw solar photo voltaic (PV) system to give away, kindly sponsored by Solar Shop Australia. This system uses the power of the sun to generate sustainable energy with little or no greenhouse gas emissions.

For your chance to win, your school needs to register online before 2nd July and then reduce your energy consumption by the biggest percentage during the competition period. You’ll submit weekly meter readings online and your results will be measured against your school’s daily energy consumption during a similar billing period in 2009.

Read the terms and conditions and register for the competition today.

About the competition

Switch Off is a school-based competition to encourage WA schools to reduce their energy use. The competition was created by two students in La Sale College's Talented and Gifted program, Jessica Gill and Laura Ryan, and ran for the first time in Term 3 of 2009. Synergy, Solar Shop Australia, Equilibrium and Pet Rock Media were approached to sponsor the competition.

Last year, Quinns Beach Primary School won. They reduced their energy use by 29.41% over the competition period.

Competition checklist

How the competition works

Here's a quick guide to how the competition works and important dates to note.

1. Your school principal needs to agree to the terms and conditions, and register your school for the competition before 2nd July.

2. On the first day of the competition - Wednesday, 21 July- you need to read your electricity meter at 11am and submit your reading online. (Before the competition do a practice run of reading your school’s meter(s), to ensure you are ready to go on the first day of the competition. If you have any questions after the practice run contact Candice Grisbrook, 6212 1832, or sponsorships@synergy.net.au)

3. Find ways to reduce your energy use at your school - and submit an updated meter reading on every Wednesday of the competition at 11am:

  • 21 July
  • 28 July
  • 4 August
  • 11 August
  • 18 August
  • 25 August
  • 8 September
  • 15 September
  • 22 Septmember

4. On the final day of the competition - 22 September - you need to read your meter at 11am and submit this reading on-line.

5. The winning school will be announced in early October on our Synergy website.

For full competition details, please see the terms and conditions.

Sponsors

Switch Off would like to thank the following organisations for supporting the event for 2010:

 

Register now

If you're inspired to take action at your school and reduce your energy use, register for our Switch Off competition today. You'll help the environment and have the chance to win a solar PV system for your school, valued at $13,140.

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