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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’ 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” »

WUSA9: Energy Star Rating Attained For Some Local Schools

Category: Energy Awards – Tags: , , , – September 21, 20097:22 pm

ASHBURN, Va. (WUSA) — You’re probably familiar with the Energy Star Program and Energy Education for appliances, but the EPA also has energy star for buildings as well and this can mean big energy savings for local schools.

Sanders Corner Elementary School in Ashburn, Virginia, is among the most energy efficient schools in America, and it got that way mainly through conservation.

“Well the people have to be borderline obsessive, you just can’t let waste occur anywhere in the building”, according to John Lord, Energy Education Specialist with Loudoun County Public Schools.

In order to earn the EPA’s Energy Star Rating , a school must be in the top 25% of energy efficient schools in the nation.

Maria Vargas of the EPA’s Energy Star Program points out, “We can help schools save 30-40 percent on their energy bills. That’s a lot of money when you think that schools spend about 8 billion dollars a year on their energy bills. That’s more than textbooks and computers combined.”

Energy savings in the schools has required a team effort. Everyone from the students to the teachers to the janitorial staff are all aware of the need to make the effort to do the little things like keeping doors closed to save heating and cooling costs, reporting leaky faucets and other problems as they occur.

Common sense also save a lot of energy. Keeping lights off when they’re not needed, playful reminders on light switches, and some smart control devices all make a difference. Computer use in the schools has also exploded, but the energy use has not.

Principal Kathleen Hwang keeps her office lights off as much as possible in order to help the cause. “We think that despite the fact that we’re an old school (built in 1995), we’re still able to do all the human things , we don’t need all the fancy gadgets here”

One of the Loudoun county schools that has earned the Energy Star Award was built in 1929…that just goes to show you how much you can save by changing some habits.

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