Energy Education Helps Troup County Schools Cut Back

Since Georgia’s Troup County schools began working with Energy Education Inc., the school system has saved more than $331,000 and reduced its energy consumption by 14,226 BTUs. What does that mean? Equate it with 1,881 tons of carbon dioxide being removed from the atmosphere or 48,122 tree seedlings grown for 10 years. Over nine months, the school system reduced its energy use by 16 percent.

The energy savings are just in time for tomorrow’s Earth Day, but Energy Education Inc. is eager to remind people to continue energy-saving efforts year-round.

“It’s important for all of us to save energy,” said Sandy Melton, an Energy Education specialist, in an interview with WLTX 38 NBC. “While most of the time we discuss it in terms of saving money, for Earth Day we encourage you to be concerned with our natural resources. Being good stewards of both our money and our environment gives us a great sense of satisfaction.”

With rising prices of electricity, natural gas, heating oil and water, utility costs are an issue of focus for the Troup County School System. The energy program is projected to help the school system save $7.6 million during the first 10 years. This will save taxpayer dollars as well as teachers’ jobs, and allow the schools to hang onto important programs.