Maryland's Caroline County Public Schools has completed construction on three solar photovoltaic installations with an expected combined yearly output of 2,800 megawatt hours of electricity.
The Los Angeles Unified School District has recently gone public with its decision to install solar power systems at 26 schools to save $25 million over 20 years.
Indiana Area School District (IASD) is moving forward with plans for $16 million in energy-efficiency improvements to its schools, maintenance buildings, and administrative buildings.
High school students in Rockport, Maine are using their school's new wind turbine—purchased with funds raised by the students—to study energy issues and find ways to reduce energy consumption on campus.
An e-waste recycler has launched a new goal tracking feature that shows school and district participants how close they are to their yearly fundraising goal.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/20/12
New York City Public Schools is receiving more than $1 million in funding to support a pilot program on sustainable energy designed to draw students into STEM-related fields of study.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 09/05/12
New Jersey's Toms River Regional Schools has completed construction of a 4.5-megawatt photovoltaic solar system.
Three California school districts have completed solar projects designed to save more than $32 million in electricity costs over 25 years.
Two schools in a small district in Maryland will be able to take advantage of a new solar installation that will also produce electricity for three other entities in the community. The project is the first public sector solar system in the state to benefit from a new law that allows for aggregate, net-metering, whereby one solar system can serve multiple customers.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/12/12
Four Tucson-area schools will soon be solar-powered.
A small school district in Illinois has signed a $1.1 million contract to do work on its facilities that will reduce its energy needs.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/30/12
The San Lorenzo Unified School District in Northern California has tapped a school modernization bond to install its first solar project.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/29/12
An Arizona school district said it expects to reduce its electricity costs by $22.4 million over 25 years with the installation of a solar power system.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/21/12
Two California nonprofit organizations are coming together to provide solar power education to K-12 schools.
The Green Schoolhouse Series will make gifts of state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar green schools to underserved districts, all with the help of volunteers and corporate sponsors.
- By Jennifer Grayson
- 05/15/12