Congratulations to North Kansas City Schools for receiving ENERGY STAR Awards for 2017 on 28 of their schools. The school district was able to capitalize on their recent energy program with us to receive the ENERGY STAR certification on the following schools:
- Antioch Middle School
- Briarcliff Elementary School
- Chapel Hill Elementary School
- Chouteau Elementary School
- Clardy Elementary School
- Crestview Elementary School
- Davidson Elementary School
- Eastgate Middle School
- Fox Hill Elementary School
- Gashland Elementary School
- Golden Oaks Education Center
- Gracemor Elementary School
- Lakewood Elementary School
- Linden West Elementary School
- Maple Park Middle School
- Maplewood Elementary School
- Meadowbrook Elementary School
- Nashua Elementary School
- New Mark Middle School
- Northview Elementary School
- Oak Park High School
- Oakwood Manor Elementary School
- Ravenwood Elementary School
- Staley High School
- Topping Elementary School
- West Englewood Elementary School
- Winnetonka High School
- Winnwood Elementary School
Most people are familiar with the little blue ENERGY STAR mark on appliances and other products, but the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also uses the program to certify buildings that are energy efficient. And, yes, they get an actual blue ENERGY STAR mark that they can display in a prominent location in their building.
The EPA has 21 building categories that can be used to rate how energy efficient a building is compared to all the other buildings of that type across the United States. A score of 50 is typical for most buildings and means that your building is only average in energy efficiency. A score of 25 means that your building is not very energy efficient and only better than 25% of all building of the same type nationwide. A building must receive a score of 75 or better to be ENERGY STAR certified.
North Kansas City Schools has received ENERGY STAR certification on 28 of its schools, which is a HUGE achievement by itself. But they also have ten schools (Briarcliff, Chouteau, Fox Hill, Lakewood, Linden West, Meadowbrook, Nashua, Northview, Oakwood Manor, and West Englewood) that received scores 95 or above. That means that these ten buildings are more energy efficient that 95% of all the schools of the same type in the whole United States!
Way to go North Kansas City Schools!
Click here for more information on the EPA’s ENERGY STAR for buildings.
Click here for more information on North Kansas City Schools’ energy project.