Best of luck to our 2nd Year boys ‘The Binjas’ who travel to the Omniplex Limerick tomorrow for the SEAI One Good Idea Regional Finals! Their very creative film will be played on the big screen followed by a Presentation Pitch and then questioned by a panel of judges. Their idea to encourage the 3Rs …
Read MoreSpecial thanks to Mark Molloy, Environmental Awareness Officer of Galway County Council, who came to visit our Green Schools Committee last week to talk to them about the importance of water conservation and reducing the use of plastic bottles. Thanks to the help of Mark, and the generous sponsorship of Galway County Council we had …
Read MoreLast week the 2B CSPE class had a Climate Action Workshop with a representative from the SEAI. Following on from the SEAI’s and the Dept Of Educations Deep Energy Retrofit Pilot grant, where Dunmore CS received huge funding last summer to make our school more energy-efficient, our 2B class decided to enter the One Good …
Read MoreThanks to CrystalClear for installing our Water Fountain/Water Bottle Filler today. This Versa Filler will refill a bottle in approximately 30 seconds with cooled, filtered water. It will also help our Green School committee keep a tally of how many bottles are saved as it counts each bottle refilled. Our Green School Committee would like …
Read MoreAlthough our Solar Panels output has dropped recently due to the shorter days, it’s great to see we have offset our school’s carbon emissions by 1 ton since August with the production of almost 1000 kWh of electricity, You can keep track of our production here.
Read More26 days since our PV Panels were installed and we have already produced 373KWh of electricity, resulting in a saving of over €75 of electricity and reducing our Carbon footprint by 0.39 tonnes, the equivalent to planting 1 tree. We also hope to have our gas heating commissioned and tested this week which will also …
Read MoreThe last few days have been very busy in DCS getting the school ready for the return of students and staff. I know from the outside, it may look far from ready, but on the inside, we are pretty much there. The poor weather has held up the external rendering, so scaffolding has to be …
Read MoreThe installation of our 19 photovoltaic panels (c. 5 kW) is now complete. Since 3 pm yesterday, they have already produced 28kWh, a saving of €5.32. These panels produce electricity in daylight, not just direct sunlight. Each day, students, staff and visitors to the school will be able to monitor the output on a display …
Read MoreIt has been a busy summer here in Dunmore CS. Our building works are progressing extremely well and we hope to have everything completed for the 26th August, the first day of term for our incoming 1st years. At this stage, the old heating system has been completely removed and new pipework and radiators fitted …
Read MoreWhile the works are progressing on the inside, we decided to give the school entrance a little tidy up by felling the tree and removing the old canopy before the new doors and windows are fitted in the next few weeks. Thanks to Mr Fleming & Mr Gannon (two past students, who were more than …
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