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Kentucky schools offer lessons in energy efficiency

To provide Kentucky’s school district leaders with energy-efficiency strategies to reduce operating costs while improving student learning, a two-day High Performance Sustainable Schools Workshop is scheduled for March 12-13 in Bardstown. The event is hosted by the Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence (DEDI) and the Kentucky National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project. Kentucky’s school districts spend on average [...]

By |2014-01-30T09:56:07-05:00January 30, 2014|

Sustainable schools workshop offered

Hosted by the Kentucky National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project and the Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence, the High Performance Sustainable Schools Workshop: Affordable and Attainable will be March 12-13, 2014, in Bardstown. This workshop is for superintendents, finance officers and facilities directors whose district facilities plan calls for building renovation or new construction.  Agenda and registration information [...]

By |2014-01-09T10:13:09-05:00January 9, 2014|

2013 Kentucky Energy Tour

The 2013 Kentucky Energy Tour for Educators is scheduled for June 10-14. Twenty-five teachers who are passionate about bringing energy education to their classrooms will travel by charter coach through Western Kentucky visiting various types of energy facilities. There is no cost to attend the conference – funding is provided by the Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence. Lodging, [...]

By |2013-04-15T15:28:20-04:00April 18, 2013|

State authorizes extension of school energy managers for full 2011-12 fiscal year

The Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence has authorized use of unobligated federal stimulus funds to keep the state’s 36 school energy managers on the job through June 30, 2012. The state agency recently informed the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) that the School Energy Manager Project (SEMP) may access American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to keep energy [...]

By |2019-02-06T14:02:32-05:00May 19, 2011|

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