Case Studies and Success Stories

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• Alternative and Clean Energy Program – Northern Bedford County School District – Biomass Project-Northern Bedford School District will receive a $746,192 Alternative and Clean Energy Program grant to purchase and install a central biomass system to heat three campus buildings in Woodbury Township. The new heating system, which runs on wood chips, will offset fuel oil consumption by 84 percent, and is expected to result in an annual energy savings of $145,000. Read More.

• Renewable Energy Program – Curwensville Area School District – Geothermal Project-The Curwensville Area School District is embarking on a major renovation to the Curwensville Elementary/Junior Senior High School facility to bring it into compliance with current PA Department of Education Standards. Read More.

• Alternative and Clean Energy Program – Sullivan County School District – Biomass Project- Sullivan County School District is constructing a 1,750 square foot biomass boiler facility to heat its elementary and high schools.  The facility will be connected to an existing boiler facility and HVAC systems, and will utilize Pennsylvania manufactured equipment which will provide low-cost, renewable fuel heat for the schools served. Read More.

• Springfield Literacy Center - The Springfield Literacy Center is a very unique school building project;  key design concepts include blurring the lines between inside and outside spaces, and instructional spaces and common areas.  Every square foot in this building is viewed as instructional and sustainable. Read More.

• Lancaster School District - The School District of Lancaster, undertaking a significant multi-phase capital improvement program that will address all twelve of its elementary and four middle schools in the District’s urban and suburban communities, have committed to environmentally sensible design and construction. Read More.
  

• Radnor Township School District - Radnor Township School District started thinking about green schools in the spring of 1997. As the district prepared to build a new elementary school, the community insisted on the healthiest indoor environment possible, starting the Radnor Township School District on a path to build what is considered the first green elementary school in Pennsylvania, Radnor Elementary School.- View their Press Release.

• East Lycoming School District, Hughesville, PA - The East Lycoming School District (ELSD) Board and Administrators faced a problem that has become typical across Pennsylvania - how to upgrade the failing heating, ventilation, and electrical infrastructure of aging facilities without undertaking a complete building renovation. As a solution, McClure Company provided an Energy Reduction and Facility Upgrade Program. Read the Fact Sheet

• School District of the City of Erie -Utilizing the components of service-learning, the Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Green Team collaborates with other schools and organizations in a students-teaching-students process to reduce the overall carbon footprint of the Erie City School District through reduction of electrical lighting. The eventual goal is to have every school in the district achieve Energy Star status. This project, entitled Conservation Through Education (CTE), aims at community outreach through student-led energy audits which educate students and the local community about the impact of electrical usage on the environment. - Read the Full Case Study

• Grow Pittsburgh's Edible Schoolyard - Grow Pittsburgh's Edible Schoolyard integrates garden activities into the classroom to improve students' eating habits and academic performance. Students help to plant and harvest garden produce, and they sample vegetables directly from the garden and prepared by local chefs during cooking demonstrations. Grow Pittsburgh also works with the Pittsburgh Public Schools Food Service Director to feature local, seasonal fruits and vegetables in school lunches. Read More

• The Great Valley School District - The Great Valley School District has set an excellent example in their community through their beautiful school garden. Since its development in the Winter of 2009, it has brought together students, families, faculty members, and a number of other generous contributors from all walks of the community. Read More

PA Schools From ENERGY STAR case studies

• Council Rock School District - Newtown, Pennsylvania - Council Rock School District (CRSD), located in southeastern Pennsylvania, serves 12,000 students in 17 facilities, totaling 1.8 million square feet of floor space. The school district is receiving ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence recognition for the first time for its continued success in improving energy efficiency through its energy management policy, established in 2005.

• Athens Area School District - Athens, Pennsylvania - Athens Area School District, Athens, Pennsylvania
  Athens Area School District, located in Athens, Pennsylvania educates approximately 2,500 students in seven school buildings consisting of more than 520,000 square feet of floor space. The district aims to provide a safe, supportive, caring, and productive learning environment in which young people can obtain the knowledge, technological abilities, and skills needed to become productive members of society.

• Blue Mountain School District - Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania - Blue Mountain School District, which educates approximately 3,000 students in Orwigsburg, PA, worked with Energy Education, Inc. to implement a people-driven energy management program in 2005. This has led to a significant increase in energy efficiency and has instilled a responsible energy use ethic throughout the district's five schools

• Chambersburg Area School District - Chambersburg, Pennsylvania - Chambersburg Area School District covers a 250-square-mile radius and educates a population of 8,600 students in 17 buildings. We currently have 22 buildings total in the district. CASD teamed up with Energy Education, Inc. in July of 2007 to begin a proactive approach to lowering utility costs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the process. All employees and students have become better stewards of the resources used. The district's energy efficiency has saved taxpayer monies and increased awareness of our energy usage at school, work, and carries over to home. Employees model reducing, reusing, and recycling as part of the district's conservation efforts.

• Upper Merion Area School District - King of Prussia, Pennsylvania - The Upper Merion Area School District (UMASD), located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, serves 3,700 students in six school and five support buildings, totaling more than 900,000 square feet. The district's mission statement is, "Inspire Excellence In Every Student, Every Day" and UMASD applied that basic philosophy in its approach to energy management

• Wyomissing Area School District - Wyomissing, Pennsylvania - In February 2007, Wyomissing Area School District, which educates approximately 1900 students, retained Energy Education Inc., and began implementing the company's people-driven Transformational Energy Management Process. The successful partnership has led to increased energy efficiency and has instilled a sustainable energy ethic throughout Wyomissing Area District's three schools.