Navitas congratulates Platte County R-3 School District for being the recipient of Association of Energy Engineers’ 2019 Institutional Energy Management award. This an international award is given to public sector institutions such as a city, county, state, or federal agency; a university or a K-12 school district for outstanding accomplishments in developing and implementing a comprehensive energy management program. Platte County R-3 School District received the award for US Region IV, which includes Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North & South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming.
The school district has made energy and conservation a priority in their daily operations and in their culture. The initially invested $5.1 million in an energy conservation program that included upgrading interior & exterior lighting, HVAC equipment, system controls, building weatherization, as well as water conservation efforts. They have also worked to ensure the long-term success of this project by hiring a full-time energy manager, using data analytics to monitor their systems, and establishing and energy committee to make policy changes as need.
All these efforts are paying off; at the program’s two-year mark, they had achieved over $900,000 in utility and operational & maintenance savings. They have also surpassed their original goal by an annual average of $88,000. In addition, the improvements implemented, and the savings achieved have enabled the school district to receive ENERGY STAR certification on five of their schools.
Well done Platte County R-3 School District!