Energy Education, Energy Star Focus Efforts on Orlando Church

Since it was founded in 1871, Orlando's First Baptist Church (FBC) has expanded several times and grown to 15,000 members, making energy costs all the more important—which is why Energy Education stepped in. By partnering with both Energy Star and and Energy Education, FBC Orlando hoped to tackle its rising utility costs, which were approaching $1 million per year.

By controlling costs, the church is free to put the additional savings toward domestic, local and foreign ministries and missions. FBC Orlando is the largest contributor to missions of any Southern Baptist congregation, donating $1.5 million each year. The church was also concerned about using nature's resources in the most efficient way possible, and is paying attention to adjusting temperatures and scheduling events so that certain locations' lights and climate control can be turned off when they're not in use. FBC Orlando is focusing on three specific areas: energy accounting, mechanical operation and energy awareness. This is what makes up the church's Energy Management Action Plan, which helped save more than $1 million between October 2008 and March 2011. It plans to save an additional million in even less time. The church was awarded the annual Energy Star Congregations Award in 2010, which encouraged the congregation to continue their energy-efficient path to even more savings.

Lights Out at California's Mira Costa High School

During the daytime and into the early evening, high schools are lively with students rushing to and from classes, meetings and sports practices, but what about the sleepy hours leading up to dawn? Not so much. After teaming up with Energy Education Inc., California’s Mira Costa High School has begun an interior dark campus policy that minimizes the number of parking and perimeter lights that are left on between midnight and 5 a.m.

The policy may also help decrease unlawful trespassing and vandalism, as anyone who sees suspicious activity during those hours is asked to report it to the police immediately. The local police department has also been informed of the change in policy. As one of the largest schools in the district, Mira Costa High School’s utility costs reach $185,000 yearly. Since working with Energy Education Inc., the district has cut down on its energy costs by $10,000 per month. 

Celebrate Earth Day with Good News from Virginia

Happy Earth Day! For students of Loudoun County Public Schools in Ashburn, Va., it’s an especially happy Earth Day, in light of news that the school district was named an Energy Star Partner of the Year by the Environmental Protection Agency for the second year in a row. With help from Energy Education Inc., the schools saved more than $323,000 in 2010 alone.

“They’re now spending money on textbooks and teachers, instead of energy bills. Teachers and textbooks are certainly where education dollars belong,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Bon Perciasepe to the Washington Examiner.

Energy Education Inc. has been working with Loudoun since June of 1993, accumulating a savings of $29,861,725 through January 2011. For nearly two decades, the program has helped spread energy awareness and make Loudoun one of Energy Ed’s greatest success stories. Loudoun County Public Schools are home to 63,220 students and 76 schools.

$4.4 Million Cut Away From Energy Bill

It was five years ago that the Sheboygan Area School District entered a contract with energy conservation company Energy Education Inc. Since then it has saved close to $4.4 million in energy costs through the just-terminated energy just-concluded energy savings program. Compared to the district’s energy costs of $2.325 million in 2005 it has changed to $2.125 million in 2010. According to the district coordinator of facilities services, Dave Albright, these numbers are important but the main attention should be paid to the district’s ‘cost avoidance.’ He explained that this term stands for “what you would have paid or consumed if you had not used an energy savings plan.” Through the contract and help from Energy Education Inc. this cost avoidance increased from approximately $500,000 in 2006 to above $1 million in 2010.

But what will happen now? The contract between the Sheboygan Area School District and Energy Education Inc. has ended but Albright will still focus on making a change to the environment and to the district’s energy consumption. Even though energy education specialist Gene Gasper has retired and will not return to her position, the district will continue the energy savings program and keep taking advantage of the positive changes it has already brought to staff and schools.

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Rocklin Elementary School Is Looking For Quality Person For Energy Education Specialist

Rocklin Elementary School is seeing some drastic changes to its current staff. Teachers become leaders and new employees are hired to take on important and responsibility heavy roles. One of these future positions to be filled is and Energy Education Specialist who will work closely with the district and with energy-saving company Energy Education Inc. This newly created position is required for the partnership between Rocklin Elementary School and Energy Education Inc. as he or she will be responsible for monitoring the school’s and its employees’ energy consumption. The individual will have to be flexible in regards to working hours as weekends, evenings and holiday work is included in the job description.

Bob Lee, assistant superintendent of human resources with Rocklin Unified, mentioned that the salary of approximately $68,000 to $80,000 was going to play a significant role in finding the right person for the position. “(They are) strategies that would attract the best person for the position,” he said. Board President Greg Daley agreed and explained the importance of “getting quality people in quality positions.” “The better the energy specialist person we have, the more money we will save,” he added.

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Milford School District To Save $6.5 Million With Help From Energy Education Inc.

The Milford School Board decided 5-3 on entering a partnership with energy education company, Energy Education Inc. Through this partnership the district is expecting to save $6.5 million over a ten-year period. In order to monitor energy consumption and keep a close eye on how to decrease it custodial union President James R. Whitaker was employed and named the school district’s new energy coordinator. Whitaker is looking forward to this opportunity as he approaches methods to save energy costs and with that taxpayers’ money. He will be required to take his job beyond the regular 9-to-5-job to make sure that during day and nighttime energy conservation strategies are executed correctly. His salary will amount to $74,000 annually. Energy Education Inc. will train Whitaker and make sure he is well prepared to take on the new task.

According to Energy Education Inc.’s Vice President Chuck Fasnacht the school has agreed to provide his company with 12 percent of the total savings. During the first year he is expecting to save approximately $183,000 and in the case this goal is not reached, it will make up the difference between the savings and the school district’s expenses.

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Flushing Community Schools save more than $1 million with Energy Education's help

Flushing Community Schools is one of the 90 school districts that partner with energy consulting company Energy Education Inc. Since the beginning of its partnership in August 2007, it has saved more than $1.3 million on energy expenses. The energy consulting company focuses on creating and developing customized conservation programs for large churches, universities and schools. With cutting approximately 38 percent off its energy bill the Flushing School District was able to position itself as number two, just behind the Lowell Area Schools in the list of 90 districts partnering with Energy Education Inc.

Director of public relations for Energy Education Inc., Jan Noel-Smith, underlines that the district and its people can be proud of their accomplishments. “(Flushing employees) really have a lot to be commended for. In this climate we certainly have to save energy to save money. Flushing has obviously done a stellar job of that.” According to Paul Martin, energy manager for the district’s schools explained that the biggest reason for this success is the cooperation between faculty and staff. With small steps, by turning off lights, by shutting doors, and by shutting off computers at the end of the day energy savings accrue every day.

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Energy Education Inc. Honors Little Lake City School District

The national energy conservation company Energy Education Inc. awarded Little Lake City School District with its Environmental Excellence Award at its board meeting on January 11^th. The district saved 32 percent of its costs equaling $353,343 over the past year. Energy-efficient practices enforced through a partnership with Energy Education Inc. were only the initial step that led to the successful numbers. According to chairman and founder of Energy Education, Dr. William S. Spears, the district worked exceptionally well at implementing the energy conscious principles established by his company. “Reaching this level of savings at this stage of the program is a significant achievement,” he said. “Little Lake City School District has done an excellent job of implementing Energy Education’s people-oriented approach to energy conservation.”

The school district also expresses its pride by highlighting the efforts and the commitment of all district staff. Phil Perez, District Superintendent, expressed that their initiative did not only result in cost savings but also in positive contributions to the environment. “It is truly the result of the commitment and cooperative efforts of all district staff. What was born of a need to reduce our expenditures in response to the state’s fiscal crisis has evolved into a district-wide initiation resulting in an improved environment as well as real dollars saved.”

Energy Education Inc has not only had an enormous impact on Little Lake City School District but also on 1,100 organizations and schools since it was founded 24 years ago. It has generated savings of more than $2.2 billion, is funded purely by these savings, and was elected in 2009 and 2010 as the Energy Star Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Conservation Program Saving Energy Dollars

Manchester Township School District administration gave an astonishing announcement at their Board of Education meeting on January 19^th, 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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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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Billings SD2 Recognized For Energy Efficiency Tools

Monday night Billings School District Two was recognized by Energy Education Inc., a national conservation company, for its energy efficiency. Earned through the district's electricity, natural gas, water and sewer and ventilation systems, it received Energy Education's national 'Environmental Excellence Award.' Over the past two years the district was able to save more than $1 Million dollars in energy related costs.

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Cutting back is saving Onalaska schools money

Onalaska, WI (WXOW) - A energy efficient program is saving the Onalaska school district big bucks. Four years ago the district hired a consultant based in Texas called The Energy Education Inc. to help the district reduce its energy costs.

Over those four years the district has saved more than $1-million reducing their energy cost by 31%. The district taught staff to do simple energy efficiency practices such as shutting off computers, printers, monitors and lights. Energy Manager Doug Hauser said, "It amazed me.  I didn't think we would do this well, this soon."

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Roth: More green for education

The state of Oklahoma has 537 school districts. In addition to classroom resources, teachers, and administration, each and every building, room, and space requires some form of energy. And for these school districts and the state, that means a bill: a utility bill. Tulsa Public Schools, the state’s second-largest school district, has faced an incredibly challenging economic time with some green creativity. Servicing 59 elementary schools, 15 middle schools and nine high schools, you can imagine that there is a whole lot of space that requires utility and energy. Tulsa Public Schools has partnered with an organization called Energy Education Inc. to figure out how to retrofit their schools and be more efficient.

Schools see energy savings

Henry County Public Schools is seeing significant energy savings through its partnership with an energy conservation company. The system was able to reduce energy consumption by 9,561 million British thermal units (MMBTU) and avoid $219,926 in utility costs from Feb. 1 through Oct. 1, according to a school board document. “This represents a 15.6 percent reduction in energy costs compared to the same period during the prior year. The greenhouse gas reduction of 1,534 metric tons of carbon dioxide is equivalent to not driving 275 cars for a year,” said a report included in the board’s agenda package for its meeting Thursday night. There was no discussion of the report during the board’s meeting. However, Bill Wingfield, the school system’s executive director of operations, said in an interview that during the fall of last year, the school system contracted with the company Energy Education Inc.

MacArthur leads TPS' energy-saving initiative

When Tulsa Public Schools launched an energy efficiency initiative in January, MacArthur Elementary School Principal Howard Wyble thought 20 percent was the absolute most that his school could slash from its utility bill. But a newly released report on the first 10 months of the program shows that MacArthur led the district in savings - slashing its costs by more than 50 percent.  "I can't believe we've saved that much. It's really amazing," Wyble said, adding with a laugh, "I just wish we could keep some of that savings here!" The green movement that is sweeping America combined with hard economic times for public schools led TPS to partner with Energy Education Inc. of Waco, Texas, in an effort to cut energy use and related costs.

Accomack County schools win award for energy-efficiency

ACCOMAC -- Staff at Accomack County Public Schools is achieving big savings with energy-efficient behavior -- and now those good habits are earning national recognition. Accomack County Public Schools has achieved a 29 percent cost savings totaling $1,227,560 in 34 months since forming a strategic alliance with Energy Education Inc., a national energy conservation company, which presented the district with its Environmental Excellence Award. 

Gainesville, Ga. schools cut utility bill

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Officials in Gainesville say an energy-savings program is improving the financial picture for the city's schools. David Shumake, assistant superintendent of instruction, says that in the last 22 months, the Gainesville school system has saved more than $800,000 on its utility bills. Shumake says the money goes back into the district's general fund.

In 2008, the district began a campaign to cut energy costs and signed a four-year contract with Energy Education Inc., a company that generally works with schools and churches to build a customized conservation program. 

Shumake predicts significant savings are ahead for Gainesville schools. He says that if the energy-savings program continues, the district projects to save about $5 million in utilities in the next 10 years.

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District saves big on its energy bill

From his desk at the Duchesne County School District office, Lane Warenski can control the temperature of classrooms, gyms, and auditoriums miles away. Warenski, the district's energy specialist, monitors Duchesne County schools on a daily basis to ensure temperature guidelines are being followed. In the winter, rooms are set at no warmer than 72 degrees. Air conditioning is used only sporadically in the spring and fall, and coolers are set at 74 degrees to 76 degrees. “We keep the scheduling as tight as it possibly can be,” Warenski said. “We turn the heater on just in time to make sure the rooms are warm when the kids get there and turn it off as soon as we can. The more I learn about all of our buildings, the more I can tune in to ways to save money.” Warenski’s vigilant monitoring of room temperatures is at the heart of the school district’s energy program. In April 2007, district officials decided to begin paying a stipend to an energy specialist and sign a contract with a Texas-based consulting firm called Energy Education Inc.

Onalaska schools' energy savings top $1M

ONALASKA - Focusing on energy conservation has saved the Onalaska School District $1 million in four years, officials said Tuesday. A 2005 community survey that identified energy efficiency as a priority led to the district-wide effort to reduce gas, electricity and water consumption, Superintendent John Burnett said. "Part of it is being good stewards with tax dollars and spending that money on classes rather than watching it go up the smokestack," Burnett said. "I think people appreciate that." The school district partnered with Texas-based Energy Education Inc. for training, software and consultation in October 2006, said Doug Hauser, district energy manager.

Plain schools earn environmental award

PLAIN TWP. - One of the largest districts in the county, Plain Local Schools, saves a lot of energy during a year. How much?
Well, it’s the equivalent of planting more than 65,896 pine trees, according to Energy Education Inc., a national organization whose energy conservation programs have helped save more than $2 billion for educational and ministerial organizations since 1986.