Monday, January 31, 2011

Conservation Program Saving Energy Dollars


Manchester Township School District administration gave an astonishing announcement at their Board of Education meeting on January 19th, 2011. Due to an energy conservation program, established through a partnership with Energy Education Inc., it has saved more than $577,500 since the beginning of the contract 17 months ago. The leading people-focused and behavioral energy conservation company Energy Education Inc. has a successful track record of saving more than $2 billion for complex and educational organizations so far.

The district’s Energy Education Specialist, Jessica Brosnan, explained the positive consequences working with Energy Education have brought the district. “The energy conservation program has impacted our community with savings of 2.8 million kWh in electricity, 19.3 thousand Therms of natural gas and 880 gallons of fuel oil,” she said. “These savings are equal to 1,821 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions being prevented, or 327 autos off the highway annually or over 46,000 tree seedlings planted and grown in ten years.” The partnership implemented a sustainable and customized energy conservation program, which builds on changes in human and organizational behavior. It focuses on reducing natural gas, fuel, electricity and water consumption by taking care of how much and what time they are used.

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Monday, January 24, 2011

CCPSD and Energy Education Inc. save more than $1 million on energy expenses


Carroll County Public School Division (CCPSD) has saved more than one million dollars on energy costs by employing energy conservation and education company Energy Education Inc. In the year 2003 till 2004 the division spent more than $550,000 on expenses related to energy. In this year it initialized the contact with Energy Education Inc. to implement its Cost Avoidance Program (CAP) software to be able to record and follow what was spent as well as how one could avoid those expenses. Its goal was to save resources and to decrease the budget cost for its energy consumption.

According to Bob Martin, coordinator of Energy Conservation, the energy consumption of the schools has declines significantly and monitoring them has made the CAP program a long lasting success. It did not only meet expectations but exceeded them by almost 100%. “Implementing the program has saved CCPSD over $1,000,000 in energy costs since November 2003. Our goal of a 10% savings that first year ended up being 18%.  The Carroll County Division budget for energy is now over 1 million per year; however, our schools are running a 19% savings per year,” said Martin.

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Savings From NACS Exceed Expectations


Over the period of one year Northwest Allen County Schools were able to save approximately $700,000 in utility costs. Methods to get to that point were closing doors to keep the heat inside, adjusting the hours buildings are being heated and lid as well as shutting off the light when one left the room. These small changes were a consequence of the help of Energy Education Inc., an energy education company, which helps large churches, universities, colleges and school districts, reduce their utility consumption and with that, their utility bill. The school board hired the company in 2009 leading to employing Dave Hey, the former Carroll High School Athletic Director, as the energy education liaison with the Dallas based company.

Energy Education Inc guaranteed the school board that if the savings are not as high as the costs. It would make up the difference from its own pocket. The primary reason for utilizing Energy Education’s services was to save money but another major reason included raising awareness on how much they would contribute to the environment. The savings the school made added up to preventing 6,044 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Next to decreasing the amount of CO2 these savings are also equivalent to removing 1,085 automobiles from the streets for an entire year. These results are significant compared to the small changes taken. “You’re just not cognizant of these things until something like this comes along.” Hey Dave Hey was astonished by these numbers.

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