Maine Green Schools' - Saving Energy Costs and Helping the Environment
THE "SAVING ENERGY & $$$ IN SCHOOLS" WORKSHOP on April 18th - was a big sucess with over 60 school energy managers in attendance.
Download any of the many useful presentations below by energy efficiency professionals by clicking on the agenda links below.
There are TONs of exciting new ideas for saving energy and money in your schools in these presentations. No school can afford to ignore the rising costs of energy that we're facing. It's great to know that you can reduce your energy costs and help the environment too!
Workshop Presentations
Overview—Why Implement Energy Efficiency (EE) Measures, and where to start.
David Kyle, PUC/Efficiency Maine Business Manager
- Keynote—What does a school energy audit consist of?
AJ Ballard - Professional Auditor
A. Lewiston High School audit
B. Waldo County Technical Center audit
Strategies for Implementing Energy Efficiency in your school.
A. State Programs/Resources:
PUC/Efficiency Maine staff training, Business Program (Alan Mulak)
Governor’s Carbon Challenge; MaineDEP Office of Innovation, GHG Survey (Julie Churchill)
B. Performance Contracting:
What needs to be in your school contract Rob Nadeau, Attorney
C. Forming an Energy Team:
Facility Manager + Business Manager + Superintendent
*Facility Manager Paul Caron & Business Manager Dean Flanagin
Peer to Peer Sessions
A. Light Harvesting in Classrooms at Lewiston High School Paul Caron, Lewiston Facility Manager
B. Successful HVAC Efficiency Projects Richard Doughty
C. Performance Contracting - A Business Manager’s Experiences in SAD 17, Cathy Fanjoy
EXPERT RESOURCES SESSION - CONTACT INFO
AJ Ballard (Professional Energy Auditor) – more on the results of two school energy audits; ajballard@suscom-maine.net
Carolyn Sarno (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships) – Northeast CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools); applications to existing schools; csarno@NEEP.org
Alan Mulak & Joy Adamson (Public Utilities Commission/Efficiency Maine) – Funding and training resources; joy.adamson@maine.gov
Cathy Fanjoy (Business Manager, SAD 17) – Energy efficiency from the business managers perspective; cfanjoy@sad17.k12.me.us
Joan Saxe ( Maine Chapter, Sierra Club) – Maine Partners for Cool Communities; jsaxe@suscom-maine.net
Julie Churchill (DEP Office of Innovation & Tech Assistance) Governor's Carbon Challenge; julie.m.churchill@maine.gov
Paul Caron (Facility Manager, Lewiston Public Schools ) – Energy efficiency projects, day-light harvesting & more; pcaron@lewistonpublicschools.org
Rachel Thompson (Maine Green Schools) Greenhouse gas baseline survey;meep2@psouth.net; 1-207-286-6096
Richard Doughty (Engineer) – HVAC and pumps/drives/motors; rdoughty@ers-inc.com
Rob Nadeau (Attorney working with schools) – Performance contracting from the legal perspective. Offices of Drummon, Woodson and McMahon; 1-800-727-1941.
Environmental Protection Agency (Shubhada Kambli)—Information on establishing baseline energy use, and Portfolio Manager; Kambli.Shubhada@epamail.epa.gov
