Bukit View Secondary School’s JOULES (Junior Outstanding Leaders in Environment for Sustainability) Smart Centre was opened by Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources on 22 Feb 2018.
This centre was developed in collaboration with Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC)’s consortium of green building professional firms and product suppliers. Built with upcycled materials and fitted with energy-efficient lightings, this unique classroom serves as a platform for students to learn about green innovation and products. We heard that the school plans to extend the use of the centre to the community as well!
The students of Bukit View Secondary School has also showcased some of their interesting environmental sustainability projects, such as their Sea Perch and Solar Car.
The Sea Perch is a water robot that can be used to measure water temperature and the school has been using it for the ponds in their Eco Garden. The Solar Car is a driverless model that promotes clean commuting as it operates using only solar energy. Both the Sea Perch and the Solar Car are amazing innovations which are coded by students to operate in response to sensors.
Besides developing their own projects, Bukit View Secondary School has also helped to spread climate action messaging by teaching pupils from Keming Primary School and Bukit View Primary School to build prototypes of a smart city. At such a tender age, the students surprised us with their impressive knowledge about the environment!
Bukit View Secondary School is the first school to support the climate action journey by conducting mass pledging exercises during assembly. Their efforts have allowed them to collect climate action pledges from ALL staff and students, pledging their commitment to fight climate change as a whole school effort.
Thank you Bukit View Secondary School for their wonderful support and we hope that more schools will be inspired to take climate action and organise mass pledging sessions too!
View the rest of the Climate Action SG pledges made by organisations and educational institutions here and submit your own pledge as well!