Site Transformation and Eco-Plan
The school has evolved tremendously in the last 85 years. To ensure that we plan for the next 100 years, we have created a new set of designs for the overall Pembroke site.
- We have created an Eco-Plan to move the school to predominantly renewable sources of energy (wind and solar), and to improve solid and water waste recycling.
- We are looking at changing the entrance and the parking.
A full and detailed set of plans and costings for the eco-proposal can be downloaded here.
Reducing energy demand: Step one will be to move to LED lighting across the school (a total of 372 lights). This will dramatically reduce our demand for energy and allow us to rely more easily on solar and wind generated power.
New sources of power: With Gilgil literally meaning ‘Windy Places’, and our equatorial location leading to very high hours of sunlight, we are perfectly positioned to take advantage of these renewable sources of energy for electricity and water heating. This also reduces our dependency on the Kenya Power and Lighting company and a diesel guzzling generator.
Waste management: We already now use a local start-up called ‘Trace’ that collects and recycles our solid waste. We are now looking to work with a company called Biobox to collect and recycle more of our wast water.
New entrance and parking: At the moment, visitors arrive at the school effectively through the ‘back’ service entrance. It means that people do not get to experience the impact of the incredible environment of the school when they arrive. We are looking to change this by entering down off the Langalanga road through a new tarmac road that will meander through the tall eucalyptus trees and end with parking by the cricket pavillion.
