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A Deeper Shade of Green
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Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2009
For many schools, "Going Green" once meant turning out the lights after leaving the classroom, filling the recycle bins, and celebrating Earth Day. Not anymore. Although such activities remain staples of environmentally conscious school systems, that consciousness has exploded in an era of high energy prices, global warming threats, and…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), School Districts, School Buildings, Standards
Increasing Fuel Costs Hit Hard: Districts Change Policies to Offset Rising Prices
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Ash, Katie – Education Week, 2008
This article reports that with fuel prices soaring nationwide, reaching more than $4 for each gallon of gas or diesel, school districts are struggling to supplement transportation-budget shortfalls and find ways to offset the increasing costs as a new school year approaches. Now districts--most of whose buses run on diesel fuel--are scrambling to…
Descriptors: Fuels, Costs, Bus Transportation, School Buses
Total Energy Management: Award Winning Projects of Minnesota Schools.
Minnesota State Dept. of Energy and Economic Development, St. Paul. – 1983
The Total Energy Management (TEM) for Minnesota Schools program is a unified, planned approach to reducing the energy use and costs of an individual school or school district. The program is designed to increase energy awareness and improve school energy efficiency through: (1) careful energy accounting; (2) changes in operations and maintenance…
Descriptors: Awards, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy, Energy Conservation
Total Energy Management for Minnesota Schools.
Minnesota State Dept. of Energy, Planning and Development, St. Paul. – 1982
Total Energy Management (TEM) is a unified, planned approach to reducing the energy use and costs of an individual school or school district. The program increases energy awareness and improves school energy efficiency through: (1) careful energy accounting; (2) changes in operations and maintenance procedures; (3) modifications in the building…
Descriptors: Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy, Energy Conservation