InfrastructureUSA.org is a non-profit, online community whose mission is to bring together infrastructure experts, industry leaders, government officials and most especially interested citizens, to participate in vigorous conversation and generate action to address the U.S. infrastructure crisis.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
“The U.S. Department of Energy’s EnergySmart Schools Program promotes a 30 percent improvement in existing school energy use. It also encourages the building of new schools that exceed code (ASHRAE 90.11999) by 50 percent or more. The program provides resources like this Guide to Operating and Maintaining EnergySmart Schools to assist school decisionmakers in planning, financing, operating, and maintaining energyefficient, highperformance schools. It also offers education and training for building industry professionals.

This guide is a primary resource for developing and implementing a districtor schoolwide operations and maintenance (O&M) program that focuses on energy efficiency. The EnergySmart Schools Solutions companion CD contains additional supporting information for design, renovation, and retrofit projects. The objective of this guide is to provide organizational and technical information for integrating energy and highperformance facility management into existing O&M practices.

The guide allows users to adapt and implement suggested O&M strategies to address specific energy efficiency goals. It recognizes and expands on existing tools and resources that are widely used throughout the highperformance school industry. External resources are referenced throughout the guide and are also listed within the EnergySmart Schools O&M Resource List (Appendix J).

While this guide emphasizes the impact of the energy efficiency component of O&M, it encourages taking a holistic approach to maintaining a highperformance school. This includes considering various environmental factors where energy plays an indirect or direct role. For example, indoor air quality, site selection, building orientation, and water efficiency should be considered. Resources to support these overlapping aspects will be cited throughout the guide.”

Download Full Version (PDF): Guide to Operating and Maintaining EnergySmart Schools

Tags: Department of Energy, Government, National School Boards Association

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 3:27 pm and is filed under Energy, Infra Views, National, Schools, Sustainability . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.