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Energy Education Inc. Becomes Energy Star Partner Of The Year 2011

Category: Energy Awards – Tags: , , – March 17, 20111:44 pm

The energy education company Energy Education Inc. received the ENERGY STAR Award for Sustained Excellence. The Highest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy Honor is awarded to the company that has demonstrated continued leadership in energy efficiency and protecting the environment. Energy Education Inc. will be recognized for this honor at the Energy Star Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 12th. According to Bob Sauchelli of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and ENERGY STAR, Energy Education Inc. is a role model to all companies nation wide. “Energy Education has received our highest honor, the ENERGY STAR Award for Sustained Excellence, because of their continued commitment to energy efficiency and preserving our environment,” he said. “Their energy efficiency program and the efforts of their clients nationwide demonstrate daily how they can protect the environment while saving energy and money.”

Dr. William S. Spears who has always been concerned with taking care of the environment and making sure that energy is used as efficiently as possible founded Energy Education Inc. twenty-five years ago.  Since then his company has had more than 1,100 clients, including large churches, health, and educational organizations. According to Dr. William S. Spears the success and accomplishments that Energy Education Inc. is receiving the award for also reflect back positively on their clients and partner’s efforts. “Receiving the highest level of recognition from the United States Environmental Protection Agency is a validation of the efforts not only of every Energy Education team member, but that of hundreds of thousands of our client staff members who have done their part to save precious financial and environmental resources through behavioral energy conservation.”

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Energy Education Inc.’s Successful Partnership with Londonderry Schools

Londonderry School District entered a partnership with Energy Education Inc. in the beginning of the year 2011 and has since recorded large energy savings leading them to winning the Lighthouse Award in 2008 in recognition of its conservation efforts. The Texas-based national organization, Energy Education, is dedicated to helping large organizations, including school districts, chart people-driven and comprehensive energy savings programs. State and federal officials have recognized the achievement of the six schools in the district. Five of the schools now qualify for Energy Star status, they announced in Tuesday’s School Board meeting.

The results of the energy conservation program did not only show after eight years but practically immediately. According to Chuck Zappala, facility director, less than 5 percent of all American public schools have earned Energy Star awards. The district shared two years’ worth of data with other districts to portray their energy usage and make an in-depth analysis for each facility. According to Zappala it showed the successful management of his district. “The results showed that the average cost of energy use per square foot and per student in the Londonderry Schools was almost 40 percent lower than the state average,” he said. “Based on the information provided in the survey, we were invited to continue the process to earn the awards.”

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Schools in District 86 receive Energy Star Label

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Hinsdale South and Hinsdale Central High Schools in District 86 with Energy Star Labels for 2010. These two schools are the only ones of 48 primary and secondary schools in Illinois to receive the Energy Star Label. The award is given to those buildings that are able to submit data showing they are energy-efficient practices with a rating of 75 or higher on the EPA’s scale of 1-100. This data can be gathered by keeping track of water, natural gas and electric usage through a third-part software system. The district has been working with national consulting firm Energy Education Inc. and is currently not able to portray clear figures on how much the District has saved since the beginning of the relationship.

Hinsdale Central scored 96 and Hinsdale South 94, which marks them more energy efficient than 96 and 94 percent of similar buildings nationwide. One of the main ways to cut down their energy cost was to decrease the amount of power used when the buildings were unoccupied. Superintendant Nicholas Wahl said a few words about their strategy and procedures. “We make sure we’re not overheating areas and make sure we’re not cooling areas that are not occupied.”

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16 Marion schools honored

Category: Energy Awards – Tags: , , – December 21, 20109:05 am

Marion County schools were able to end the year on a high note. Sixteen schools in the county had all reasons to be proud because they received the Energy Star award.

The schools listed below qualified for the award: Barnes Center (ALC), Barrackville Elementary/Middle, Blackshere Elementary, East Fairmont Junior High, East Park Elementary, Fairmont Senior High, Fairview Elementary, Fairview Middle, Jayenne Elementary, Mannington Middle, Monongah Elementary, Monongah Middle, North Marion High, Pleasant Valley Elementary, Rivesville Elementary/Middle and White Hall Elementary.

Monday evening the awards were presented to the schools by Mike Stalnaker and Blaine Duggan from Energy Star. The ceremony took place at the Marion County Board of Education meeting.

According to Superintendent Thomas Deadrick, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency honor schools, which demonstrate their contribution to the environment through energy efficiency.

Even though this is a huge accomplishment, the board is unsure about participating in the Energy Education Inc. Program in 2011. Budget constraints may prohibit their participation for the following year, according to Deadrick. In order to be a part of the program the district has to pay fees.

“Every parent knows the Energy Star label, and now you’re going to have it in a permanent place in your school,” Duggan said.

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Schools’ energy policy brings in the green

Category: Energy Awards – Tags: , , – December 2, 20105:17 pm

SPARTA, Wisconsin (WXOW) – An environmentally friendly energy policy helps the Sparta School District go green, in more ways than one. Over the past two years the district has partnered with the company Energy Education Inc. to create a more cost-effective strategy through heating, cooling and lighting techniques. The goal is to save $1 million over the four year program. But Sparta is ahead of schedule–already saving about $640,000 in only two years. District Energy Manager Paul Thibodeau said it’s all thanks to a group effort. Continue reading “Schools’ energy policy brings in the green” »

CUSD sets green standard with ambitious energy program

Category: Energy Awards – Tags: , , – December 1, 20103:06 pm

Carlsbad Unified School District’s energy conservation program has achieved a 20-percent decrease and saved $528,046 in electricity, gas and water usage over 18 months since its inception in March 2009. Through these achievements, CUSD has become one of only 60 districts in California to qualify as an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star® Partner. Energy usage has plummeted at all CUSD sites, resulting in a reduction of 9,408 MMBTU; this is the equivalent of 142 passenger cars not being driven for one year or 20,205 tree seedlings growing for ten years. District Superintendent John A. Roach, Ed.D., notes, “Amid these difficult economic times, the monetary savings is crucial; funds can be redirected from utilities to education. In terms of conservation, our unified, District-wide approach aids in preserving the environment for future generations to enjoy.” Continue reading “CUSD sets green standard with ambitious energy program” »

Our view: Saving money through saving energy

You don’t have to unwind the state’s complicated school funding formula to save money. Sometimes it’s as easy as turning down the thermostat. The Onalaska School District announced this week it has saved more than $1 million in four years through energy-efficiency practices. The efforts to save gas, electricity and water consumption were achieved through some pretty basic steps: reduced run times on heating and air conditioning, turning lights off before and after classes and on weekends, and powering down computers. The La Crosse School District hired the same consultant as Onalaska — Energy Education Inc. — and has saved more than $2.5 million in the past eight years. Six of the district’s schools have a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star rating. Continue reading “Our view: Saving money through saving energy” »

CARLSBAD: Energy program helps schools save money

Category: Energy Awards – Tags: , , – November 14, 20107:19 pm

Over the last 18 months, Carlsbad Unified School District has saved more than $500,000 on its gas, electricity and water bills as part of its burgeoning energy-saving program. The district can use some of the savings to pay for educational expenses, Superintendent John Roach said. “Amid these difficult economic times, the monetary savings is crucial,” he said in a prepared statement. In 2008, the district signed a four-year contract with Energy Education Inc. to cut energy costs by training employees and making other institutional changes. Continue reading “CARLSBAD: Energy program helps schools save money” »

Lakewood Church Wins 2010 Energy Star Congregation Award

Category: Energy Awards – Tags: , , – October 5, 20103:12 pm

The cliché is that everything’s bigger in Texas. So it is fitting that the nation’s largest regularly used worship center, Lakewood Church , would be located in Houston. The church is housed in the former Compaq Center, an arena that was once home to the Houston Rockets professional basketball team. Repurposing such a major facility into a worship center that seats 16,000, saving it from possible demolition and not building a completely new complex, create an additional recycling and green success story, aside from the energy-efficiency program now underway.

Pastor Joel Osteen addresses an average of more than 38,000 attendees during the three services he hosts Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings. Associate pastors host another four services in the main sanctuary each week, two on Sunday (one in Spanish), plus one each Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Pastor Joel’s messages are broadcast into every television market in the United States and viewed in almost 100 nations around the world.

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Warren Twp. schools’ efforts to save energy generate environmental award

Category: Energy Awards – Tags: , , – September 29, 20102:55 pm

WARREN TWP. — The educational quality of the township’s K-8 school system has never been in doubt. But the fact that the district is also a leader in environmental stewardship practices and is helping us breathe better along the way, may come as a surprise.

Through a partnership with a company called Energy Education, Warren schools over the past 26 months have prevented 718 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions from being released into our atmosphere — that’s the equivalent of 129 automobiles being removed from the road or 18,369 pine trees being grown for 10 years.

Because of the impressive results, the district and Superintendent of Schools Tami Crader received the Award for Energy Stewardship from Energy Education at its Sept. 27 board meeting.

“Warren Township Schools Superintendent Crader, the board members and administration are demonstrating wise fiscal and environmental stewardship by implementing this unique people-oriented energy conservation program,” said Dr. William S. Spears, CEO and founder of Energy Education.

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