{"id":25508,"date":"2025-11-19T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/?p=25508"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:59:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:59:19","slug":"renewable-energy-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/2025\/11\/19\/renewable-energy-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Engage with Renewable Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25508\" class=\"elementor elementor-25508\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0d7d0a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0d7d0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-106048e\" data-id=\"106048e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87d484f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87d484f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Students Engage with Renewable Energy \n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e19ec82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"e19ec82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-211098c elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>November 19, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1ba129 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1ba129\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students at Lux and Scott middle schools are embracing their brand new solar panels through hands-on experiences this fall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Each school&#8217;s Green Team hosted engineers from <a href=\"https:\/\/nelnetenergy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nelnet Renewable Energy<\/a> for a club meeting focused on <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how solar panels harness the sun\u2019s energy. Nelnet installed three new solar arrays on LPS campuses this year, more than doubling the district&#8217;s renewable <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/energy\/\">energy<\/a> portfolio.<\/span><\/p><p>These 25 kW installations are about more than just energy; each solar array also acts as an interactive learning tool that creates opportunities for students to engage with sustainability topics in classrooms and after-school clubs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9d9c78 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9d9c78\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c45f4bb\" data-id=\"c45f4bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d83fb97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d83fb97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lux and Scott students began by exploring the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/energy\/#:~:text=For%20real%2Dtime%20updates%20on%20how%20much%20energy%20the%20solar%20panels%20produce%2C%20visit%20one%20of%20the%20live%20dashboards%3A\">live dashboards<\/a> and learning about the energy offsets and environmental benefits of the panels<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then they headed outside to adjust panel angles and discover optimal positioning strategies for collecting solar energy. They connected changes on the solar dashboard with the physical adjustments they made to the panels themselves. This hands-on approach allowed students to bridge classroom learning with real-world renewable energy applications. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both groups took full advantage of their Q&amp;A sessions with the Nelnet team, asking about environmental benefits, career opportunities, and the science and engineering behind how the panels are designed and constructed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students from both schools plan to take leadership roles for managing the arrays in the future. They will continue to monitor and adjust the solar panels to maximize energy generation and environmental benefit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a745e8 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"6a745e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"All five district solar arrays give students a unique opportunity for real-world engagement with renewable energy.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Brittney Wees, LPS Sustainability 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