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Saving energy in schools and making energy efficiency a lesson for students is fundamental in shaping a new generation of energy efficiency leaders.

Next Generation's Leaders

Nationwide, schools spend $8 billion per year on energy. To lessen the economic blow and influence the next generation of leaders, the Alliance uses a variety of educational programs to reach students.

PowerSave Schools and the PowerSave Campus Program

Through basic changes in operations, maintenance and individual behavior, PowerSave Schools has reduced energy use by 5-15% among participating schools. PowerSave Schools also encourages students to apply the lessons of energy efficiency in their homes and communities.

The PowerSave Campus Program is leading the way toward green careers and campus sustainability by growing the next generation of energy efficiency professionals.Through PowerSave Campus, students save energy on their campuses by conducting educational outreach; infusing energy conservation and efficiency into course curricula; and implementing projects targeting energy use, student purchasing decisions and operational changes.

Because even the youngest members of a household can be stewards for energy efficiency, the Alliance's mischievous Energy Hog teaches kids about ways they, and their parents, can practice energy efficiency at home.

Students in Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Schools Program Cut $23,000 from NY School’s Energy Costs

Date: 
March 8, 2000

Derek Guard is a senior at Iroquois High School, a medium-size school near Buffalo, NY. Like many high school students, he is involved with a number of school programs and activities. But one program, the Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Schools Program, helped Derek and his fellow students save their school more than $23,000 in energy bills last year by making simple, no-cost behavioral and operational changes.

Savings Returned to School for Educational Purposes

Derek Guard is a senior at Iroquois High School, a medium-size school near Buffalo, NY. Like many high school students, he is involved with a number of school programs and activities. But one program, the Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Schools Program, helped Derek and his fellow students save their school more than $23,000 in energy bills last year by making simple, no-cost behavioral and operational changes. They are expecting to see at least as much savings this year.

Alliance to Save Energy Multimedia Campaign Spotlights Benefits of Energy-Efficient Homes to Pocketbook, Planet

Author: 
Ronnie Kweller
Contact Email: 
rkeller@ase.org
Date: 
February 1, 2000

With a cold winter on the heels of record-setting summer temperatures and soaring energy bills, a new Alliance to Save Energy multimedia campaign with elements reaching all 50 states spotlights the multiple consumer and environmental benefits of energy efficiency.

With a cold winter on the heels of record-setting summer temperatures and soaring energy bills, a new Alliance to Save Energy multimedia campaign with elements reaching all 50 states spotlights the multiple consumer and environmental benefits of energy efficiency.

Based on market research with homeowners and educators in five states, the national home energy campaign combines TV and radio spots and a print collateral consumer booklet with the power of the web for an animated, interactive touch with streaming audio and video.

Alliance to Save Energy Adds New Online Energy/Environmental Lesson Plans To Meet Educator Demand for Earth Day 2000

Author: 
Ronnie Kweller
Contact Email: 
rkweller@ase.org
Date: 
January 10, 2000

With half a billion people around the globe expected to participate in Earth Day 2000, which will focus totally on energy, the Alliance to Save Energy has expanded the popular educator area of its web site to meet teacher demand for free energy and environmental lesson plans.

With half a billion people around the globe expected to participate in Earth Day 2000, which will focus totally on energy, the Alliance to Save Energy has expanded the popular educator area of its web site to meet teacher demand for free energy and environmental lesson plans.

Alliance Urges Congress, States, School Districts To Reduce Second Largest Expense

Date: 
August 30, 1999

As children across the country head back to financially hard-pressed and often overcrowded schools, the Alliance to Save Energy calls on state governors, Congress, state Departments of Education and Energy, and local school districts to join together to make new and existing schools more energy-efficient to reduce the second largest expenditure for schools and divert those unnecessary energy expenditures to more critical educational needs.

As children across the country head back to financially hard-pressed and often overcrowded schools, the Alliance to Save Energy calls on state governors, Congress, state Departments of Education and Energy, and local school districts to join together to make new and existing schools more energy-efficient to reduce the second largest expenditure for schools and divert those unnecessary energy expenditures to more critical educational needs.

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