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Cape Town - The South African technology company Ambit’s solar powered classroom is poised to provide “off-grid” electricity and connectivity to rural classrooms and help teachers overcome the pitfalls of load shedding.
It not only harnesses the continent’s most abundant resource, the sun, but can also provide power for the rest of the school.
The so-called education delivered intelligently (EDI) classroom is a standard, modular container-sized, fully operational classroom and ICT hub in one. It is already used with great success at the TlamaTlama Primary School in Tembisa on the East Rand.
Visitors to the upcoming SABC Education African EduWeek in Johannesburg from July 1 to 2 will be able to see an example of the EDI solar powered classroom on the Ambit Technology stand on the expo floor.
Conquering the digital divide
“The EDI solar powered classrooms are designed to be used in rural, remote or even urban areas,” said Louise van Loggerenberg, director of Ambit.
“Standard systems seamlessly integrate with solar PV, wind turbines and a range of other renewable sources. The classroom is fully insulated and can be supplied with electric lighting, heating or cooling and internet connectivity.”
The project was launched in July 2013 and 32 solar classroom solutions will be delivered and implemented by the third quarter of 2015.
