Energy Education, Inc. has helped the Forest Hills Public Schools use less electricity, gas, and water, resulting in a whopping cost savings. What's next? Maybe wind energy and wood pellet heating.
According to excerpts from the story:
Within the past nine months the Forest Hills Public School District has avoided nearly half a million dollars in energy costs by using energy saving tips, said Tom Walters, the District's Director of Energy Management.
Walters said that since July the district has used 25 percent less electricity. It has used 14 percent less natural gas and 18 percent less water and sewage.
The district has avoided 21 percent of its total energy cost, reaching a cost avoidance of $470,000. Walters said that the savings in natural gas alone is equivalent to removing 464 vehicles off the road and planting 961 acres of trees.
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