Dive summary:
- When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sorted the savings and sifted the paperwork submitted by more than 3,000 contestants hoping to win laurels for being the best at cutting energy use, it was an elementary school in Bloomfield, N.J., that came out on top.
- Demarest Elementary School went after facility problems and management challenges to get its energy consumption down 51.1%, best in the field in the third year of the Energy Star National Building Competition.
- A store at Fort Hood, Texas, a Verizon store in Toms River, N.J., an Indiana elementary school and a Georgia water-treatment plant rounded out the top five winners.
From the article:
“The impressive results of the National Building Competition help show that any building can take simple steps to improve the energy efficiency of the buildings where we all work, play, and learn,” said EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe....
