Peel’s Catholic school board is aiming to make energy savings worth $2 million a year.
Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, recently suggested more money could be spent on in-classroom education if the Ontario government and school boards improved efforts to reduce electricity and natural gas bills.
According to Miller, $340 million is spent in Ontario to provide heat and power to the province’s public schools.
“There is great potential for savings in improving the energy efficiency of schools,” he said, “and fortunately, energy is one of the few expenses that can be reduced without affecting the learning environment.”
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board has developed a long-term strategy for lowering energy use which includes the promotion and tracking of energy management efforts as well as providing data teachers can use to develop curriculum and schools can use to attain Eco Schools status.
The goal is to effect institutional change and also instil in students the idea of becoming good stewards of their environment.
Tracking usage, seeking out lower energy costs, implementing conservation strategies, make sure equipment is performing at optimum levels, replacing inefficient equipment and implementing best practices are among a long list of steps being taken and already proving effective in lowering energy consumption and costs.
The board has established energy conservation targets expected to result in substantial cost-savings over the next several years. This plan proposes to reduce overall energy consumption by 14 per cent by the end of 2016 (compared to consumption levels recorded in 2008).
In 2008 the board’s total energy bill came to $14,306,875.
By December 2014, the board wants to see a 10 per cent reduction in energy consumption that would represent nearly $1.5 million in savings. Ultimately, the 14 per cent target reduction by December 2016 would save the board over $2 million
The board’s consumption reduction target for last year was four per cent, which would have resulted in an estimated savings of $592,796. Figures for 2012 were not readily available, but based on 2011 energy consumption data provided in a report, the board cut usage by 2.7 per cent and saved $395,000 compared to 2008 levels.
http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/1568320--peel-catholic-schools-eye-2-million-in-energy-savings
Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, recently suggested more money could be spent on in-classroom education if the Ontario government and school boards improved efforts to reduce electricity and natural gas bills.
According to Miller, $340 million is spent in Ontario to provide heat and power to the province’s public schools.
“There is great potential for savings in improving the energy efficiency of schools,” he said, “and fortunately, energy is one of the few expenses that can be reduced without affecting the learning environment.”
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board has developed a long-term strategy for lowering energy use which includes the promotion and tracking of energy management efforts as well as providing data teachers can use to develop curriculum and schools can use to attain Eco Schools status.
The goal is to effect institutional change and also instil in students the idea of becoming good stewards of their environment.
Tracking usage, seeking out lower energy costs, implementing conservation strategies, make sure equipment is performing at optimum levels, replacing inefficient equipment and implementing best practices are among a long list of steps being taken and already proving effective in lowering energy consumption and costs.
The board has established energy conservation targets expected to result in substantial cost-savings over the next several years. This plan proposes to reduce overall energy consumption by 14 per cent by the end of 2016 (compared to consumption levels recorded in 2008).
In 2008 the board’s total energy bill came to $14,306,875.
By December 2014, the board wants to see a 10 per cent reduction in energy consumption that would represent nearly $1.5 million in savings. Ultimately, the 14 per cent target reduction by December 2016 would save the board over $2 million
The board’s consumption reduction target for last year was four per cent, which would have resulted in an estimated savings of $592,796. Figures for 2012 were not readily available, but based on 2011 energy consumption data provided in a report, the board cut usage by 2.7 per cent and saved $395,000 compared to 2008 levels.
http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/1568320--peel-catholic-schools-eye-2-million-in-energy-savings
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