Since the end of October, a group of five WHS students has been diligently meeting before class each day to prepare for the SunPowered Student Challenge, a unique competition in Kansas. Sponsored by Kansas Electric Cooperatives, comprising the 26 Rural Electric Cooperatives across Kansas, the SunPowered Student Challenge competition serves as the culminating project of a curriculum centered around solar energy.
This week, Barry Dicker, Project Leader and President of Decent Energy, Inc. is using a thermal imaging camera to document the temperature of the thermal-energy storage ceiling- tile installed in City Hall as part of the Sumner County’s “Building Technologies Proving Ground – Public Sector Field Validation” project that was awarded by the United States Department of Energy (DOE).
Austin Lloyd, Manager Special Projects for the Sumner County Economic Development Commission joined the conference panel addressing “Renewables and Sustainability Options for Businesses and Communities; General Session: Public and Private Sector Perspectives” at the 2022 Kansas Renewable Energy Conference.