Today's Energy Insight

Thank you to Ann Arney at Class 5 Energy for

9 Fun Facts about Saving Energy at School

Think saving energy at school is boring? Think again! Here are some fun facts about what happens when you conserve energy in your classrooms, bathrooms, computer labs and across the district!

• A hot water faucet that leaks one drop per second can add up to 165 gallons a month. That’s more than the average person uses in two weeks!
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to watch TV for three hours.
• Turning off the lights in your classroom for just one hour saves enough energy to keep two pounds of pollutants out of the atmosphere!
• The average school toilet uses 3.5 gallons per flush – if there are 28 kids in your classroom that means that just one bathroom break could fill up two bathtubs with water!
• Replacing six interior incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs can keep 566 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere — and save you about $30 — each year. Schools spend more on energy than they do on computers and books combined!
• If everyone in the United States switched just one light bulb from incandescent to CFL, we would save enough energy to light up 7 million homes!
• Across the country, computer monitors waste about $900 million dollars in electricity per year from being left on while no one is using them.
• The least efficient schools use three times more energy as the best performers – how does your school measure up?