CSRwire News Alert – Fifty Hawaii Public Schools Earn Prestigious ENERGY STAR®

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

Fifty Hawaii Public Schools Earn Prestigious ENERGY STAR®

h1High-energy students and staff at Kekaha Elementary School just achieved an amazing, low-energy milestone.

Conservation and Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs) at Kekaha and 49 other Hawaii Department of Education schools set a new Hawaii green building record. Today, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized Kekaha Elementary with Hawaii Public Schools’ 50th 2015 ENERGY STAR certification won by the 50th state, giving new meaning to the phrase “Hawaii Five-O.”

Two of the nation’s most active ENERGY STAR Service and Product Providers (SPP), Momentum Bay and Engineering Economics, Inc., have tested air and light quality, and benchmarked electricity, gas and solar photovoltaic (PV) usage at Kekaha, over 100 other K-12 public school campuses in Hawaii, and ten other State of Hawaii agencies.

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