Education Through many years of practical experience, we have come to realize that changing behavior is central to the success of Energy savings. We have developed a seven-step process for carrying out this process in your school district or municipality. Please see our downloads section to download the pages that accompany our seven-step process.
		www.APSEnergyConservation.org - Website for the Albuquerque Public Schools District Energy Conservation Program designed by Ron Rioux.
		www.wattsonschools.com/calculator.htm - Use an interactive energy calculator.
		www.nmsea.org - Request a mobile solar presentation at your school.
		www.energyrelatedevices.com/kit.htm - Local NM company providing fuel cell, car kits. Buy local!!!
		Behavior Changes for Energy Savings The seven-step process is firstly to have leadership commitment. If the requirement comes from your leadership through policy or outlining energy conservation related practices, then there is the expectation that each and every staff member, guest to the facilities and, or student will become conscious of ways to save energy. The next very necessary step is to know how many kWh the occupants of a building use over any given period. We create a baseline year for your team. The baseline is what your team will work to improve over in the coming year of activity. If there are no construction changes between 2005 and the present year, using 2005 is a good baseline year. This is primarily because of HB 305 which requires each public utility company and rural cooperatives to work to keep energy conservation to the use of the baseline year or lower rather than increase.
		www.need.org - A national network of students, educators, and business, government and community leaders dedicated to the design and delivery of comprehensie, non-biased kindergarten through 12th grade energy education curriculum.
		Behavior Changes for Energy Savings The third step is developing the team. The “Energy Team” should include representation from every level of your organizational chart. In School Districts this is the Board Members, Superintendent, Principals, Teachers, Building Maintenance and Facility Operations Supervisor and Staff to include Custodial, Business Office Staff for timely data review and distribution, and of course the students. Once the team is assembled, the goal of how much savings over baseline should be set is then put on a commitment form with a quarterly incentive agreement and the document is signed by the Superintendent with the Principals. Now it is time to incorporate energy awareness in the curriculum. This is not additional work but really an inclusion of what is already being taught. There are many resources for reviewing to gain ideas. Each resource is consistent with the requirements of the NM Department of Education. The Energy Team needs to continuously evaluate and measure the success of efforts by checking each current month kWh savings over baseline. Good or bad, this information needs to be communicated to each and every person involved in the energy savings effort. This can be done by posting on bulletin boards, circulating in newsletters, and all building intercom announcements. Keep everyone dialed into the effort of this program. Each quarter the Energy Team should expect to be rewarded by receiving recognition for their efforts. Recognition is defined uniquely by each community involved in the program.
		www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/Earth.html - Climate change highlights.
		www.nmschoolbuildings.org - The Public Schools Facility Authority is a state-wide public school administration charged with developing better methods for providing high performance schools.
		www.eia.doe.gov/kids - Energy kid's page.
		www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html - Interactive website for kid's to learn about energy.