HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — Soaking up the brilliant California sunshine, 189 new solar panels atop the roofs of Chabad's Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach are teaching students a living lesson in going green and cutting the school’s energy bills.
Chabad Hebrew Day School Goes Green
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — Soaking up the brilliant California sunshine, 189 new solar panels atop the roofs of Chabad’s Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach are teaching students a living lesson in going green and cutting the school’s energy bills.
“It’s a move to show student the importance of conserving energy, respect for the environment,” said Rabbi Yitzchok Newman, dean of the school which educates 350 students from preschool through twelfth grade. It’s a mitzvah to conserve resources, he said, and it helps illustrate the power of the sun’s rays, a common metaphor found throughout Chasidic philosophy.
Eight thousand square feet of solar panels came with a price tag over $200,000. Solar panel manufacturer Sharp USA and integrator HelioPower, the firmthat installed the panels, both supported the school’s green initiative. A portion of the cost was covered with a federal rebate program. The Karp Federation Challenge grant and another donor funded the rest. Hebrew Academy expects to save $1000 each month off its electric bill, dimming its annual $70,000 bill by nearly15%.
One of the first Jewish day schools in the area to be making such a significant commitment to solar energy, Hebrew Academy, founded in 1967, is known for other firsts. It twice received U.S. Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon Excellence Award, and is one of the few schools in Chabad-Lubavitch’s network with a junior Olympic sized swimming pool.
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