Congrats to Top 10 Kentucky schools for improved energy efficiency; 2018 Battle of the School Buildings process underway
Kentucky’s Battle of the School Buildings competition was announced in October 2015, designed to give recognition to schools for succeeding with energy efficiency efforts. A total of 131 schools across
Kentucky joined the competition and 45 of those schools were successful in reducing energy consumption in calendar year 2016, compared with calendar year 2015.
The 2017 winner of the competition was Southside Elementary School in Woodford County, with a 24.68 percent reduction. Two other schools were recognized as first and second runners-up, as they reduced energy consumption by 20 percent or more. Those two were Bourbon Central Elementary, with a 24.51 percent reduction, and Northside Elementary (Woodford), with a 22.73 percent reduction.
The Top Ten included:
Place School District Percent Reduction
1 Southside Elementary Woodford Co 24.68%
2 Bourbon County Central Elementary Bourbon Co 24.51%
3 Northside Elementary Woodford Co 22.73%
4 Fairview Elementary School Fairview Independent 19.80%
5 South Irvine P/K Center Estill Co 14.40%
6 Garth Elementary Scott Co 13.73%
7 Straub Elementary School Mason Co 12.88%
8 Bourbon County Preschool Head Start Bourbon Co 12.07%
9 Estill County Middle School Estill Co 10.42%
10 Safe Harbor Woodford Co 9.55%
Check out the results for all 45 schools here.
The KSBA-SEMP team encourages you to consider enrolling one OR all of your schools in the next competition that will compare energy use in 2017 with 2016. Your district is already tracking energy consumption, so it is fairly easy to enter or upload the data. The competition form may be obtained here.
Posted: Tuesday, June 6, 2017