Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Bangladesh Islamia School
History
The school was founded on 23 August 1980, and began operations with class I to class V. In 1990, it moved to a new building in Abu Dhabi on land donated by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. A college section was added in 1991.
The school was one of four to win a Zayed Future Energy Prize in the Global High School category in 2013. They won for their plans to reduce the school's energy consumption by 40 percent, a proposal driven by the school's eco club. Energy-efficient lighting installed in 2012 reduced energy use by 15 percent. The school used the $100,000 award to install solar panels on its auditorium roof that produce a further 15 percent of their energy needs, and to partner with the University of Leeds on the design and construction of wind towers to passively cool school buildings.
References
- ^ Hareth Al Bustani (29 October 2013). "For a small school, they have big dreams of saving the planet from climate change". The National.
- ^ "A Brief History". SKBZ Bangladesh Islamia School.
- ^ Afshan Ahmed (17 January 2013). "Abu Dhabi's US$100,000 green school is a ray of sunshine". The National.
- ^ Anjana Sankar (26 June 2013). "Abu Dhabi school goes green with solar energy". Gulf News.
- ^ Olivia Olarte-Ulherr (12 June 2012). "An initiative in Abu Dhabi makes schools sustainable". Khaleej Times.
- ^ Roberta Pennington (18 July 2017). "Too cool for a school: Bangladeshi pupils set for traditional Arab wind towers". The National.