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SLC Schools See Big Return on Conservation Efforts

January 23, 2014 1331 Views Central U.S., measure R, school design, Stillwater Public Schools, Will Rogers Elementary

SALT LAKE CITY — Three Salt Lake City public high schools have saved more than $50,000 in energy costs thanks to the district’s Go Green Earn Green Energy Challenge. The Salt Lake City School District kicked off this inaugural conservation program in July 2013, and has since been pleased with the results.

British Columbia School District Gets Down to Earth

October 24, 2012October 30, 2012 1851 Views measure Q, measure R, Net-Zero Energy Use, Sacramento Unified School District, The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

SURREY, B.C. — The Delta School District in British Columbia (BC), Canada recently broke ground on a system that will deliver thermal energy to 19 buildings, saving the district approximately $180,000 per year when the work is completed in 2014. The $6.4 million project is mostly being funded by FortisBC, the largest utility company in British Columbia, which will also design and install the system.