Recently, Nebo School Board took proactive steps to reduce the amount of money we spend on utilities. Nebo is partnering with an energy conservation company, Cenergistic, formerly Energy Education. This firm earned the 2011 and 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and was named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for 2009 and 2010. For 26 years Cenergistic has helped school districts and other educational organizations nationwide reduce energy consumption, allowing funds to stay where we need them – in the classroom.
This energy program is critical to our school district in saving funds.
- This energy program does not require us to increase our utility budget, purchase new energy equipment or upgrade our existing equipment.
- It is financially risk-free.
- It will not impact the comfort of our students or educators.
- This is an organizational behavior-based energy program and will require complete cooperation and participation from each of us to be successful.
- This is not a short-term “green project.” It’s a comprehensive, rigorous and sustainable energy program to help us save money for years to come.
- The program will require each of us to change some habits affecting how we use our energy resources in each building, school, office and classroom.
An information meeting for those with potential interest in the Energy Specialists positions will be held at the District Office on Wednesday, January 16, at 3:30 p.m. Those that are interested, please bring in a resume to the human resource department.
More information about Cenergistic and projected financial benefits to the district can be found at http://www.nebo.edu/employees or at www.cenergistic.com.
The Nebo School Board and district leadership are excited at the opportunity this energy program will provide us to save significant money during these very challenging economic times while doing something very positive for the environment.