Ohio's EnergySmart Schools Program
Are your classrooms too hot or too cold? Do your students have proper lighting to be effective learners? Is the air quality in your school of concern to you?
Ohio Energy Project was chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy's Rebuild America Program to develop Ohio's EnergySmart Schools Program (OESSP).
OESSP provides many materials and programs for teachers and/or students to improve the learning environment in schools while saving energy and money, utilizing the school building as a learning laboratory.
OESSP helps reduce school energy consumption and costs by empowering teachers and students to make sustainable energy choices and affecting the attitudes and behaviors of teachers, students and staff about energy conservation.
OEP staff will work with teachers and administrators to design a program tailored to your district's curricular needs and efficiency improvement plans.
OESSP will empower students and teachers to be involved in improving their learning environment and student performance in science.
Types of activities available through the OESSP Action Plan:
· Energy Audits and Comfort Surveys of buildings to determine where the building's energy efficiency and learning environment can be improved.
· Signing an EnergySmart Schools Contract encourages students to reduce the amount of energy they use everyday.
· Waste Audits that demonstrate where waste occurs in your building and ways to improve the situation with cooperative action.
· Supporting Ohio Schools Going Solar, complete with a solar array that generates electricity and serves as a powerful teaching tool. |