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A Beautiful World Starts with You Coloring Book (En Espanol)

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

Download this six-page activity book that's full of fun games and puzzles about saving energy (en Espanol).

Resource type: 
Communication tools
Market sector: 
K-12 schools
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A Beautiful World Starts with You Coloring Book (in English)

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

Download this six-page activity book that's full of fun games and puzzles about saving energy.

Resource type: 
Communication tools
Market sector: 
K-12 schools
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Colorado Springs School District 11 − Achieving Healthy Indoor Learning Environments Through Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

Colorado Springs School District (SD) 11 provides an outstanding example of how integrated energy and indoor air quality (IAQ) management programs can improve learning environments for students. District 11’s energy management program—built on the commitment of the superintendent, board of education, and a full-time coordinator—has resulted in an estimated annual energy savings of more than $928,000 and significant IAQ improvements. Learn more in this 2-page success story.

Resource type: 
Success stories
Market sector: 
K-12 schools
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Pro Bono K-12

Cost free ENERGY STAR verification for your K-12 school

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

Find a licensed professional providing cost-free ENERGY STAR verification for your K-12 school.

Market sector: 
K-12 schools
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DataTrends: Energy Use in K-12 Schools

Last Updated: 
11-18-2016

This 2-page factsheet summarizes the energy, operational, and property characteristics of K-12 schools benchmarking in Portfolio Manager. Other statistics are also presented in an easy-to-read format.

The factsheet is part of the Portfolio Manager DataTrends series, which uses the data available in Portfolio Manager to examine benchmarking and trends in energy and water consumption in hundreds of thousands of U.S. commercial buildings.

Topic: 
Portfolio Manager
Resource type: 
Research and reports,
DataTrends
Market sector: 
K-12 schools
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DMPS Financing Case Study

Des Moines Public Schools Financing Case Study

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

Learn how Des Moines Public Schools, a school district with more than 32,000 students and 70 facilities encompassing almost six million square feet of space, was able to improve its facilities and maximize energy savings by financing energy efficiency improvements through revenue bonds.

Topic: 
Financial
Resource type: 
Success stories
Market sector: 
Higher education,
K-12 schools,
State & local government
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ENERGY STAR Building Upgrade Manual Chapter 10: K-12 Schools

Last Updated: 
11-18-2016

The Building Upgrade Manual is a comprehensive guide to profitable energy efficiency upgrades presented in an easy-to-understand framework designed especially for ENERGY STAR partners.

This 18-page chapter for K-12 schools addresses:

  • Challenges and opportunities
  • Energy-use profile
  • Technical recommendations
  • Financial and implementation issues
Topic: 
Energy management guidance,
ENERGY STAR Building Upgrade Manual
Market sector: 
K-12 schools
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ENERGY STAR Kids Site

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

The ENERGY STAR Kids' Site is a bright, interactive site with fun facts for kids and energy-saving ideas and activities for everyone.

Resource type: 
Communication tools
Market sector: 
K-12 schools
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This is a screenshot of the first page of the technical documentation for the ENERGY STAR Score for K-12 Schools in Canada.

ENERGY STAR Score for K-12 Schools (Canada)

Last Updated: 
2-9-2018

The ENERGY STAR  Score for K-12  Schools applies to primary and secondary schools.

Topic: 
Portfolio Manager
Resource type: 
Technical documentation
Market sector: 
K-12 schools
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ENERGY STAR® Performance Contracting Best Practices

Last Updated: 
9-9-2016

This 19-page primer is designed to establish best practices for energy service companies (ESCOs) that are implementing energy performance contract (EPC) projects by integrating several publicly available Web-based ENERGY STAR tools that the U.S. EPA has designed and provides free-of-charge through ENERGY STAR. EPA believes that the use of these tools will help make the results of EPC projects more actionable and understandable to building owners, tenants, policy makers, and the general public.

Topic: 
Financial
Market sector: 
Higher education,
K-12 schools,
State & local government
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