&EPA
                                                                                                                                                 United States
                                                                                                                                                 Environmental Protection
                                                                                                                                                 Agency
                                                                 Air and Radiation
                                                                 6202J
                                                               Draft
                                                               May 2002
                    ZOOZ WA
                          's]00cfj£ ytjqnj fauno^
                                  (fng 'puoiuiuv]-[
 Muisod acjijo pno^d osp 3^
uddq MVCJ puv fcpanodffd-isoo puv
                uo
                                                             a •lUduiuoMaud dqi uo davq suoffd
                                                         utonoq ^no o$ fyodM-p sSwavs dsdyi fcuvo
                                                                dwut dimddo dm 'Amuvd v sy '
                                                                    03. pasv^d st
«>EPA
                                                                        BULK RATE
                                                                        Postage and Fees Paid
                                                                        EPA
                                                                        G-35
        United States
        Environmental Protection Agency
        (6202J)
        Washington, DC 20460
        www.epa.gov
        Official Business
        Penalty for Private Use $300.
ENERGY STAR is the government-
backed symbol for energy
efficiency. ENERGY STAR offers
organizations, businesses, and
consumers energy-efficient
solutions that save money while
protecting the environment. By
using ENERGY STAR to increase
energy efficiency at work and at
home, every individual can help
protect the environment now and
for future generations.
If your organization would like to
learn how efficient a building is,
how to remodel an existing
building to improve its energy
efficiency, or how to purchase
energy-efficient products, ENERGY
STAR can help.
To learn more about ENERGY STAR,
visit www.energystar.gov, or
call the ENERGY STAR Hotline at
1 -888-STAR-YES (1 -888-782-7937).
                                                                                                                              www.energystar.gov
                                                                                                                                                         ENERGY STAR* IN SCHOOLS
                                                                                                                                           igh  Performance   Makes the  Grade
As a decisionmaker in your school system,
you know that the overall performance of
your schools is the result of many successful
efforts. Strong teachers are complemented
by supportive counselors, active parents, able
program administrators,  and many others.
The result is quality education for your
students.
Quality education also requires sound
financial management. Is your school
controlling energy use—one of the few costs
within its control? ENERGY STAR offers
solutions  to improve energy use, including
best management practices and energy-
efficient products. Hundreds of school
districts across the country, partnering with
ENERGY STAR, have proven that energy use
can be managed. For example, after making
energy efficiency upgrades, the school districts
of Milwaukee, Philadelphia, San Diego, and
Miami-Dade County are each saving more
than $1 million per year on their utility bills.
ENERGY STAR supports your educational
mission by helping you save energy dollars
every month—dollars that can be used for
instructional needs or building maintenance.

The Opportunity for Savings
America's primary and secondary schools
spend more money on energy than on
computers and textbooks combined.
Typically, one third of this energy goes to
waste—do you know what that means in
dollars to your school district? ENERGY STAR
provides a suite of tools to enable any
school to achieve  its potential in energy
performance. On average, cost-effective
energy performance improvements in
existing buildings can reduce energy bills  by
25 percent.

Measuring Performance
As your students know, the education process
requires testing and  measurement. Educators
test to ascertain baseline levels of knowledge,
to compare  student performance to state or
national standards, to measure improvement,
and to know where to focus future efforts.
ENERGY STAR provides you with tools to do
the same for the energy performance of
school buildings. For example:
Portfolio manager is ENERGY STAR'S online
tool for tracking building energy consumption,
costs, and associated emissions over time.
It gives you baseline data to manage the
energy use in your facilities portfolio on an
ongoing basis, set building performance goals,
prioritize upgrade work, and measure progress.
Included in portfolio manager is the national
building energy performance rating system,
which measures or benchmarks the energy
performance of individual school buildings on
a scale of 1 to 100. The score shows how a
building compares to others in your district
and nationwide. As of April 2002, more than
4,200 schools have been benchmarked. Visit
www.energystar.gov/benchmark.

Making Improvements
•  Financing Improvements: School districts
   across the United States have financed
   replacement lights, roofs, windows,
   boilers, chillers, and other energy-saving
   investments without taking on new debt.
   Through ENERGY STAR's Internet
   presentations and regional workshops,
   school decisionmakers can learn about a
   variety of innovative financing options.
   Visit www.yosemitel.epa.gov/estar/
   business.nsf7content/govt_resources_IP.htm.
•  Technical Assistance: The ENERGY STAR
   five-stage approach to building upgrades is
   a technical  roadmap schools can follow to
   improve  the energy performance of their
   buildings. ENERGY STAR's Building
   Manual provides detailed instructions
   for making buildings  more energy
   efficient. Download the Manual from
   www.energystar.gov after selecting "For
   Your Business" and then "Resources."
•  Institutional Purchasing: School districts
   depend on  appliances, office equipment,
   and electronics functioning well. Because
   the ENERGY STAR label appears on more

-------
,^^m-,
  '"Afe- """, «*'.,.:
                     than 30 categories of products, it's easy to
                     identify and choose the most efficient
                     models. ENERGY STAR even provides
                     calculators to conduct your own life-cycle
                     cost analysis and draft language for your
                     procurement policies. Visit www.epa.gov/
                     nrgystar/purchasing/2d_products.html/.
                     Monitor Power Management: School
                     districts can save energy and money by
                     enabling power management on their
                     computer monitors. Free software provided
                     by EPA automatically puts monitors to sleep
                     when not in use. For every 100 monitors,
                     enabling monitor power management
                     could save your organization approximately
                     20,000 kWh per year. This amounts to
                     $1,700 per year saved at 8.5 cents/kWh.
                     Monitor power management will not affect
                     your computer or network performance; a
                     simple touch of the mouse or keyboard
                     "wakes" the machine within seconds.
                     Whether your district has 20 computers or
                     1,000, ENERGY STAR can help. Visit
                     www. energystar. gov/powermanagement/.
   W- »?'. ,>'feC.
r:l_'v:iliatel1/j
                                                                         Recognizing Success
                                                                         •  The ENERGY STAR label: Each school that
                                                                           scores 75 or better using portfolio manager,
                                                                           while maintaining indoor air quality that
                                                                           meets or exceeds industry standards, is
                                                                           eligible to apply for the ENERGY STAR
                                                                           label—a bronze plaque to display on the
                                                                           school. As of April 2002, 293 schools had
                                                                           earned this distinction.
                                                                         •  Telling Your Success Story: As your school
                                                                           district implements ENERGY STAR'S
                                                                           offerings and starts reaping the benefits  of
                                                                           improved energy performance, you'll want
                                                                           to communicate your success. Through
                                                                           ENERGY STAR, you'll have the  opportunity
                                                                           to network with other partners, develop
                                                                           case studies about your energy management
                                                                           program, download templates for press
                                                                           releases and newsletters, receive guidance
                                                                           on event planning, and  compete for
                                                                           national awards.
                                                                         ENERGY STAR is  a voluntary partnership,
                                                                         created by the federal government to provide
                                                                         schools, businesses, organizations,  and
                                                                         consumers with energy-efficient solutions that
                                                                         save money while protecting the environment
                                                                         now and for future generations. You can make
                                                                         a difference with ENERGY STAR.
              The Cost of Delaying Upgrades
              School officials often feel that postponing the installation of energy efficiency equipment until the operating or capital budget
              dollars are available—rather than financing the installation immediately (a tax-exempt lease-purchase agreement, a performance
              contract, etc.)—is a better financial decision. They reason that if internal budget dollars are used, paying interest can be avoided
              completely. However, delaying the installation will delay the point at which energy savings can begin.
              The first set of data below illustrate how much you would pay needlessly in one year to your local utility if you chose to delay
              implementing energy upgrades. The second set shows project financing costs over 7 years.
                                                                                 OUTCOME: If project is delayed by
                                                                                 one year, the additional money paid to
                                                                                 local utility = $99,996 (12 x $8,333)
                                                                                 OUTCOME: You save more money in
                                                                                 the first year by implementing energy
                                                                                 upgrades than you would pay in interest
                                                                                 over the 7-year financing period.
               Comparing the two, the dollars lost by waiting for one year are greater than the total financing charges paid out over 7 years.
               On a net present value basis, the difference is even greater. Using third-party financing initially and paying it off early with
               approved future budget dollars is yet another way to save more money.

               Download a copy of ENERGY STAR'S new paper "Finding Money For Your Energy Efficiency Projects" by going to
               www.energystar.gov. Click on "For Schools," choose "Resources," and then select "Energy Management and Practices."
National Building  Energy Performance Rating System
Project
Value
$500,000
Project
Value
$500,000
Payback period
for investment
5 years
Interest rate on
lease-purchase
financing
5 percent
Average monthly
savings on energy bills
$8,333 ($500,000 4- 60 months)
Financing term
7 years
Average yearly savings
on energy bills
$gg ggg
Total intest paid
over 7 years
in absolute dollars
$93,624

                  The national building energy
                  performance rating system
                  became available for schools in
                  2000. To earn the ENERGY
                  STAR label, schools must be
                  among the top 25 percent
most efficient in the country while maintaining
indoor air quality that meets or exceeds industry
standards. As of April 2002, 293 schools in the
following districts had earned the ENERGY STAR
label.
San Diego Unified School District        California
Academy School District 20             Colorado
Boulder Valley Public Schools           Colorado
Jefferson County School District         Colorado
Poudre School District                 Colorado
New Haven  Public Schools            Connecticut
Monticello School District                  Illinois
Stevenson High School District 125          Illinois
                                                                                                                                  Healthy, Efficient Schools
                                                                                                                                  ENERGY STAR is committed to energy efficiency and
                                                                                                                                  a healthy learning environment. School facility
                                                                                                                                  managers can combine energy efficiency measures and
                                                                                                                                  good indoor air quality (IAQ) for compatible whole-
                                                                                                                                      dins improvements with the help of EPA's paper:
                                                                                                                                         Summary of ENERGY STAR'S Tools and
                                                                                                                                         Resources
                                                                                                                                         For general information about ENERGY STAR,
                                                                                                                                         visit www.energystar.gov. Select "For Schools" on
                                                                                                                                         the left navigation bar.
Kansas City Public Schools               Kansas
Boston Public Schools            Massachusetts
Wyandotte School District               Michigan
Elk River Area Schools                Minnesota
Moose Lake Public Schools              Montana
Sleepy Eye Public Schools               Montana
Columbia Public Schools                Missouri
East Rockaway Public Schools          New York
Smithtown Central School District        New York
Watertown School District              New York
Springfield Local School District              Ohio
Yankton School District              South Dakota
Crocket County CCSD                     Texas
McAllen Independent School District        Texas
Jordan School District                       Utah
Marion Public Schools               West Virginia
Milwaukee Public Schools             Wisconsin
                                                   "Energy Efficiency and Indoor Environmental
                                                   Quality in Schools." Download the file from
                                                   www.energystar.gov by selecting "For Schools" and
                                                   then "Resources." Or for a copy, call the ENERGY STAR
                                                   Hotline at 1-888-STAR-YES (1-888-782-7937).
                                                  To become an ENERGY STAR partner, visit
                                                  www.epa.gov and click on "Join Now."
                                                  To use portfolio manager or the ENERGY STAR
                                                  performance rating system, visit www.energystar.
                                                  gov/benchmark.
                                                  To participate in ENERGY STAR Internet
                                                  presentations from your desk, visit www.epa.gov/
                                                  buildings/schools and click on  "Participate in one
                                                  of our ENERGY STAR Internet Presentations"
                                                  under "What's New?"
                                                  For procurement policy language and other
                                                  information on purchasing ENERGY STAR
                                                  products, visit www.epa.gov/nrgystar/
                                                  purchasing/2d_products.html/.
                                                  Questions? Contact Melissa Payne, ENERGY STAR
                                                  National Manager, Education Sector,  by e-mail at
                                                  Payne.Melissa@epa.gov, or call the ENERGY STAR
                                                  Hotline at 1-888-STAR-YES (888-782-7937).
                                                  Through ENERGY STAR
                                                 your students and staff
                                                  can have a well-lit, well-
                                                  ventilated learning and
                                                  teaching environment.
                                                  The health and comfort
                                                  of students and teachers
                                                  are among the many
                                                 factors that contribute to
                                                  learning and productivity
                                                  in the classroom,
                                                  which in turn affect
                                                 performance and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    6/05/02

-------