Malibu Elementary School becomes the first in Southern California to go solar.

June 19, 11:40 PMLA Weather ExaminerPablo Pereira

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With proceeds from a lemonaide stand,  students at Point Dume Marine Science Elementary School in Malibu are reducing their carbon footprint by going solar.  Students eontributed $300 toward the purchase of 33 solar panels, which have been installed at one of the Malibu campus buildings, making Point Dume a member of the the santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, the first public elementary school in Southern California to join the power grid.

Total project cost was around $100,000 with most of the funding coming from the school's PTA and other foundations.  The panels, installed by Perma City Solar were locaed on southward facing classrooms to ensure maximum sun exposure and will generate enough power to prevent 352 tons of coal from being burned and 10,919 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere.